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KIRBY, William Lindsay
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | TX8100, 6/400006, 6400006 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
Born: | Sorrell Creek, Tasmania, Australia , 9 August 1923 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Korea, 5 November 1950, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Lance Corporal Kirby was originally interred at Sukchon Cemetery. Portion 2 Plot and Row 3 Grave No.31 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Korean Grove, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Aug 1941: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, TX8100, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment |
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Korean War Service
25 Jun 1950: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6/400006, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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28 Sep 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 6400006 |
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