Douglas Eric (Eric) FRANKLIN

FRANKLIN, Douglas Eric

Service Number: NX10730
Enlisted: 31 May 1941, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 9th Corps Signals
Born: Birmingham, England, 31 January 1917
Home Town: Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling: Bowral High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Prostate cancer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1999
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials: Craigieburn War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

31 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, NX10730, 9th Corps Signals, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
31 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX10730
22 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, NX10730, 9th Corps Signals
22 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX10730

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Biography contributed by james Franklin

Signalman, Second AIF, service number NX10730 (https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C55318); later Registrar of Social Services, Armidale and Orange; member of NSW Social Services Appeals Tribunal; author of The Social Services Act Explained (1981).