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POKE, Lindsay Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | TX5373, TX9472 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 65th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 1 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 19 January 1982, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wynyard General Cemetery, Tasmania |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 6 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5373, 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment | |
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| 1 Nov 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, TX5373, 1 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Sydney to the Middle East; disembarked on 1942 January 1. | |
| 18 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, TX5373, 1 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Fromm Middle East to Australia; disembarked 1942 April 1- Medical reasons. | |
| 30 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, TX5373, 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment, From Townsville to Port Moresby; disembarked 1943 January 4. | |
| 20 Apr 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, TX5373, 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment, From Port Moresby to Brisbane; disembarked 1943 April 26. | |
| 19 Oct 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5373, 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX9472, 65th Infantry Battalion |
Occupation Force Japan - BCOF Service
| 9 Apr 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , TX9472, 65th Infantry Battalion, From Sydney to Japan, | |
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| 27 Jun 1947: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX9472, 65th Infantry Battalion, Fromm Kure Japan to Sydney. |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jul 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX9472, 65th Infantry Battalion |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Barker Gary
After his second discharge Lindsay Poke, in the mid 1950s, was allocated a post WW2 farm (Koreen) as a soldier settler in the Egg Lagoon area (Scott and Mansons Road) , King Island Tasmania. The family eventually had a clearing sale on the farm in late 1973 and retired to the Tasmanian mainland.
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