CREEK, Frederick George
Service Numbers: | SX24029, S11977 |
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Enlisted: | 11 July 1942, Port Moresby |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 13 Field Regiment AMF |
Born: | Glenelg, SA, 21 October 1919 |
Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
Schooling: | Marist Brothers Norwood |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, 5 August 2002, aged 82 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Magill General Cemetery, South Australia Row D site 388A |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
11 Jul 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, SX24029 | |
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11 Jul 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, S11977 | |
11 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Port Moresby | |
11 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX24029, 13 Field Regiment AMF | |
29 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
29 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX24029, 13 Field Regiment AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred Isaac and Doris Evelyn (nee COSGROVE) CREEK of 5 Henry Street, Norwood. Educated at Marist Brothers, Norwood, he played football and cricket and was fond of swimming and dancing. In civilian life he worked at various occupations, partly at fruit picking on River Blocks and was later employed by Hall & Sons, Norwood. Enlisting in December 1941 he was transferred to Port Moresby immediately after joining.
His uncle, Pte. L G COSGRAVE was a member of the 27th Battalion in The Great War and was killed in action in France.