LORD, Neil Cedric
| Service Numbers: | N72908, NX25906 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | District Accounts Office (NSW) |
| Born: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1919 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1999, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ebenezer Uniting Cemetery, Windsor, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N72908 | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N72908 | |
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906 | |
| 18 Nov 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC) | |
| 13 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906, 9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), embarked Sydney for Middle East | |
| 3 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906, 9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), embarked Middle East for Sydney per L1 (Siege of Tobruk and Battle of El Alamein) | |
| 9 May 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons | |
| 5 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons, embarked Cairns for Milne Bay per E Channing | |
| 13 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons, embarked Finschafen for Brisbane per Klipfontein | |
| 10 Jul 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , District Accounts Office (NSW) | |
| 22 Feb 1945: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, District Accounts Office (NSW) | |
| 20 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX25906 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Neil was the youngest of two children of Percival (Percy) Cedric Lord (b1885 in Terang, Victoria) and Hilda Lillian Reed (b1889 in Melbourne, Victoria). Percy (a Labourer) and Hilda married in 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria where they settled. Following Percy's death in 1922 Hilda moved to Sydney with her sons.
Neil was a Clerk in Sydney when he enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1940. He served as a Driver (Service Nos:NX25906/N72908) with 2/6 Supply Depot and was attached to District Accounts Office NSW when he was Discharged in July 1945. Brother Harry (Corporal; Service No:347208) served in the ACMF.
In 1944 Neil married Iris Joy Luscombe (b1918 in Sydney, NSW). Following Neil's Discharge, the couple settled in Sydney where Neil worked as a Clerk. He died in 1999 and Iris in 2005.
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