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AVARD, Geoffrey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX25808 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warialda, N.S.W., 28 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 22 August 1943, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Sp. Mem. 9. M. 9., Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX25808 | |
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| 2 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX25808, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Corporal Avard was 22. His brother Private Philip Charles Avard, Service Number 3224, fell, aged 18 in France in the Great War. They were sons of of Charles William and Sarah Avard, of Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, formerly of Hope St., Warialda, New South Wales.