DAY, Lancelot Joseph
Service Number: | SX15631 |
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Enlisted: | 22 December 1941, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Australian General Hospital |
Born: | Alberton, SA, 18 May 1909 |
Home Town: | Beulah Park, Burnside, South Australia |
Schooling: | Woodville and Cheltenham Public Schools |
Occupation: | Glass Worker |
Died: | 18 April 1994, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
22 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, SX15631 | |
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22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX15631 | |
18 May 1944: | Discharged | |
18 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX15631, 2nd/14th Australian General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs L and the late Mr J.G.F. DAY of Queen Street, Alberton, SA.
Husband of Gladys Ruth DAY, 28 Verdun Street, North Kensington, SA.
Married with one child, Lancelot was educated at Woodville and Cheltenham Schools and was a keen follower of football. A stonecutter by trade for many years he later transferred to the fellmongery department of G.H. Michell & Sons, and then joined Pilkington Bros. Armour Plate Glass Factory as a finisher on armour plate glass. He enlisted in December 1941.