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KARGER, Alven Richard
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S27172, SX24468 |
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Enlisted: | 11 September 1942, Ingleburn, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 101 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 23 February 1914 |
Home Town: | Minnipa, Wudinna, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer (later Publican) |
Died: | Natural Causes , Port Lincoln, South Australia, 13 November 1993, aged 79 years |
Cemetery: |
Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln RSL plot 2 row U |
Memorials: | Minnipa War Memorial Oval Arch Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 Sep 1942: | Involvement Corporal, SX24468, 101 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment | |
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11 Sep 1942: | Involvement Corporal, S27172 | |
11 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Ingleburn, New South Wales | |
11 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX24468 | |
21 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
21 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX24468 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Alvin served at Fenton in the Northern Territory on the Boffa Anti Aircraft platforms. He returned to civilian life as a farmer and later a publican at Wuddina and North Shields. He retired and lived out his life at Port Lincoln. His wife left us to join him on 13 Mar 2015