Geoffrey Roland BEST

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BEST, Geoffrey Roland

Service Numbers:	SX14820, S638
Enlisted:	8 October 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 4 March 1913
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Loxton Area School
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery 6 B 7
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case, Loxton Area School Memorial Plaque, Wunkar District Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

8 Oct 1941:	Involvement Corporal, SX14820, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1941:	Involvement Corporal, S638, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
8 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX14820, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Leslie Robert and Ruth Marriane Best, of Norwood, South Australia.

LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. L.R. BEST OF NORWOOD,S.A.

Mr and Mrs. L.R. Best, of Osmond terrace, Norwood, have been informed that their son, Cpl. G. R. Best, was killed in action at the landing on Balik Papan on July 1. He was born at Loxton and enlisted in October 1940. His only brother is serving in Borneo.

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