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GARLAND, Harold Josiah
Personal Details
| Service Number: | N279191 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3MD / VIC Area Lines of Communication |
| Born: | Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1907 |
| Home Town: | Quambatook, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Inglewood State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1949, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N279191 | |
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| 21 Aug 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, General Details Depot, Taken on Strength of GDD Paddington NSW for allocation and reporting | |
| 22 Aug 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 22 Garrison Battalion (VIC NSW), Posted to Guard Duties POW Camp Cowra with Battalion ex GDD Paddington NSW. | |
| 23 Aug 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N279191, 22 Garrison Battalion (VIC NSW), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Guard POW Camp Cowra NSW for Italian Forces captured Western Desert Libya 1940-41. | |
| 25 May 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 3MD / VIC Area Lines of Communication, Courts Marshall held at Hawthorn District Court Charge AWL 30 Mar 44 to 12 May 44 - Finding to be discharged from the Defence Force of the Commonwealth of Australia. | |
| 2 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N279191 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
A Widower Late of Young NSW (1942). Harold was father to Seven Children, Kevin, Joan, Glennis, Alan, Edna, Colin and Harold Jnr. After his wife died, Harold Snr was required to place the children with family and other relatives for the duration of the war. The Toll of the loss and separation from his children, was a factor in his early passing in 1949.