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HARDING, Silas Gordon Blaine
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX31719 |
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Enlisted: | 21 April 1942, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1915 |
Home Town: | Aramac, Barcaldine, Queensland |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Station hand |
Died: | Died of Wounds, New Guinea, 8 February 1943, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery |
Memorials: | Aramac Memorial Park and Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, QX31719, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX31719 | |
29 Dec 1942: | Transferred Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Taken on strength from the 9TH Battalion Australian Military Forces | |
8 Feb 1943: | Wounded Private, QX31719, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , GSW (chest) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Silas Gordon Blaine HARDING was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 21st June, 1915
His parents were Silas Norman HARDING & Charlotte Clara Winifred BLAINE who married in Queensland on 3rd January, 1906
Silas married Mavis Evelyn WALKER in Queensland on 5th August, 1939