Harold Edley SHELBERG

SHELBERG, Harold Edley

Service Number: QX19085
Enlisted: 17 February 1941, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 December 1913
Home Town: New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Brisbane State High School
Occupation: Insurance Agent
Died: Injuries received as passenger in a motor vehicle accident, Syria, 8 January 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery, Tripoli, Lebanon
Cemetery/memorial reference: 1. A. 3.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, QX19085
17 Feb 1941: Enlisted Lieutenant, QX19085, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
17 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX19085
8 Jan 1942: Involvement Lieutenant, QX19085, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, DOW received in a motor vehicle accident on the HOMS-TRIPOLI road. No blame attached.

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Harold Edley SHELBERG was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 3rd December, 1913

His parents were Edley Rudolph SHELBERG & Jeanie Livingstone STEWART

He married Vivienne Forbes ARCHER on 22nd February, 1941 in Queensland

Harold was killed in a road traffic accident on the HOMS-TRIPOLI Road, through no fault of his own.