WINDLEY, Amos Walter Foster
Service Number: | NX132242 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4th Australian Armoured Brigade |
Born: | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1917 |
Home Town: | Moruya, Eurobodalla, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Moruya Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Cheese Maker |
Died: | Injuries from jeep accident, Southport, Queensland, Australia, 4 February 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 - Section 76, Grave 68 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX132242 | |
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22 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX132242 | |
4 Feb 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX132242, 4th Australian Armoured Brigade, 33 Tank Transporter Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Amos Walter Foster WINDLEY was born in Moruya, NSW on 10th December, 1917
His parents were Ernest Roy WINDLEY & Myra Constance THOMSON who married in Moruya in 1917
Amos died of injuries in Southport, Queensland on 4th February, 1944 when the jeep in which he was travelling overturned & he was killed instantly
He is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery Section 76, Grave 68