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GELDARD, Garth Albert
Personal Details
Service Number: | NGX511 |
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Enlisted: | 21 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | New Guinea Volunteer Rifles |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1917 |
Home Town: | Rabaul, New Britain, Blanche Bay, Papua New Guinea |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timber Worker |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At sea, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NGX511, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles | |
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21 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NGX511 |
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