Garth Francis AITCHISON

AITCHISON, Garth Francis

Service Number: QX24186
Enlisted: 13 October 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 13 January 1921
Home Town: Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: HMAHS Centaur - Lost at sea, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated on: Sydney Memorial Panel 2 Roll of Honor Melbourne ROll of Honour Canberra, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

13 Oct 1941: Enlisted Private, QX24186, Army Training Units, enlisted Brisbane, Queensland
13 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX24186, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
14 May 1943: Involvement Private, QX24186, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43', Lost at Sea HMAHS Centaur

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Biography

Son of Angus Garnet Aitchison and Sylvia Margaret Aitchison; husband of Doreen May Aitchison, of Northgate, Queensland.

2/12 Field Ambulance

Killed in action when Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by enemy action off the Queensland Coast