GARLICK, William Harold
| Service Number: | V375813 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Mornington, Victoria, 16 September 1904 |
| Home Town: | Mornington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Linesman |
| Died: | Mornington, Victoria, 14 July 1994, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mornington Public Cemetery, Victoria https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142578739/william-harold-garlick |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V375813, Lines of Communication Units | |
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| 17 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V375813, Lines of Communication Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private William Harold Garlick (Service No:V375813) enlisted in the ACMF on 10 February 1942 at the Frankston Drill Hall. Appointed Lineman, Private Garlick served as a Signalman with Signals 3 Lines of Communication and was Discharged on 17 January 1947.
Bill was born at Snapper Point (Mornington), Victoria) in 1904, second of five children of Samuel Garlick (b1877 at Snapper Point (Mornington), Victoria) and Mary Ann Todd (b1879 at Rocky Lead, Victoria). Samuel and Mary married in 1901 in Mornington, where they settled and raised their family and Samuel worked as a Groom and Labourer.
Bill worked in Mornington as a Nursery Hand, and was a Telephone Linesman with the Postmaster General's Dept when he enlisted in the ACMF. In 1948 Bill married Elsie Maie Warren (b1924 in Creswick, Victoria) - Bill's sister Hazel married Elsie's brother Maxwell. Bill and Elsie settled in Mornington, where they raised their family and Bill worked as a Nursery Hand and then as a Linesman. Bill died in 1994 and Elsie in 2018
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