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LINDO, Laurence Walter
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX13320 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1941, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hawker, South Australia, 4 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
Schooling: | Hawker Primary School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, Waikerie, South Australia, 8 March 2002, aged 83 years |
Cemetery: |
Waikerie General Cemetery, SA |
Memorials: | Blanchetown District of Blanchetown WW2 Roll of Honour, Cradock War Memorial, Hawker District WW2 Roll of Honour, Hawker Institute WW2 Roll of Honour, Hawker War Memorial Park |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Jun 1941: | Involvement Private, SX13320 | |
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21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX13320 | |
21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
4 Jul 1941: | Transferred Private, 25/33 Garrison Battalion (SA) , Attached to H.Q P.O.W. Internment Group. | |
22 Sep 1941: | Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength. | |
22 Sep 1941: | Transferred Private, 3 Training Battalion, 4 M.D | |
31 Oct 1941: | Embarked Private, SX13320, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Entrained 4 M.D for 2 M.D - Embarked per Convoy U.S 13 for Overseas on 2 November 1941 and Disembarked Middle East, 24 November 1941 destination Dimra. | |
30 Jan 1942: | Transferred Private, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Attached for Duty in Cairo | |
6 Mar 1942: | Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Rejoined unit from duties in Cairo. | |
1 Jun 1942: | Transferred Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Kilo 89 | |
30 Sep 1942: | Wounded Private, SX13320, 2nd/7th Australian General Hospital, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Evacuated to hospital with Hepatitis. | |
29 Oct 1942: | Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength with unit. | |
24 Jan 1943: | Embarked Private, SX13320, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Middle East with Unit on Ship 'L1' for return to Australia, Disembarked Sydney 27th February 1943. | |
8 Aug 1943: | Embarked Private, SX13320, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked with Unit from Cairns on Ship Manoora after period of leave and unit jungle training, Disembarked at Milne Bay 10th August 1943. | |
6 Jan 1944: | Wounded Private, SX13320, 2nd/3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Evacuated and placed on seriously ill list with Srub Typhus. | |
23 Jan 1944: | Wounded Private, SX13320, 2/1 Hospital Ship, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Evacuated to Ship Manunda with Malaria and scrub typhus for transfer to Australia. | |
29 Jan 1944: | Wounded Private, SX13320, General Hospitals - WW2, Evacuated to Queensland for treatment. | |
3 Feb 1944: | Wounded Private, SX13320, General Hospitals - WW2, Evacuated to N.S.W for ongoing treatment for scrub typhus and malaria. | |
15 Jul 1944: | Transferred Private, General Details Depot, Transferred to 4 M.D. SA L of C for Medical Board Discharge Class D,(malaria - scrub typhus) at Wayville Barracks. | |
12 Oct 1944: | Discharged Private, SX13320, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Wayville on 12 October 1944. | |
29 Nov 1948: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX13320 | |
29 Nov 1948: | Discharged | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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