Amos Walter Foster WINDLEY

WINDLEY, Amos Walter Foster

Service Number: NX132242
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, NX132242
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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Biography 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