Gilbert (Bert) WADDINGTON

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WADDINGTON, Gilbert

Service Number:	NX58387
Enlisted:	9 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 7 November 1901
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Meningitis whilst a POW, Borneo POW Camp, 10 June 1944, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Section P, Row A, Plot 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NX58387
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX58387, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX58387
13 Aug 1940:	Promoted Corporal, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
1 Jan 1941:	Promoted Sergeant, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
7 Aug 1941:	Embarked Sergeant, NX58387, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of meningitis whilst POW in Borneo Camp

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gilbert WADDINGTON stated that he was born in Manchester, England on 7th November, 1901 although his birth is registered in 1899

His parents were David WADDINGTON & Margaret Alice GORTON who married in England in 1886 (registered in Bury)

He married Kathleen Hughina DAVIS in Sydney in 1926

Biography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS

Gilbert (known as Bert) WADDINGTON previously served in the British Army Service Corps, during the final year of WW1. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.

Bert and his wife Kathleen (known as Ena) had 2 children together, both of whom are now deceased.

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