Douglas William GOVEY

GOVEY, Douglas William

Service Number: VX5332
Enlisted: 3 November 1939, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kyneton, Vic., 8 March 1919
Home Town: Mia Mia, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness - Malaria, New Guinea, 17 August 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton RSL WW2 VALE Honour Board, Mia Mia Govey Memorial Plaque, Mia Mia Presbyterian Church WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Corporal, VX5332
3 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX5332, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Bendigo, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles and Sybil Audrey Govey; husband of Ellen Augusta Govey, of West Brunswick, Victoria.

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"

Douglas enlsited at Bendigo at the age of 19 years and was in the Militia for 12 months before war broke out.  He was a keen bicycle rider in the Heathcote district.  His father is a a wood merchant at Redesdale.