Desmond Henry MCDERMOTT

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MCDERMOTT, Desmond Henry

Service Number:	VX13717
Enlisted:	30 April 1940
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	HQ New Guinea Force
Born:	Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1912
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Public Servant
Died:	Elwood, Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1975, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

30 Apr 1940:	Enlisted VX13717
17 Nov 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX13717, embarked for Middle East
18 May 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/12th Field Regiment
27 Feb 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX13717, embarked Middle East for Australia
24 Apr 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX13717, HQ New Guinea Force, embarked Australia for New Guinea
10 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX13717, HQ New Guinea Force, embarked New Guinea for Australia
28 Sep 1945:	Discharged VX13717

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Captain Desmond Henry McDermott (Service Nos:46596/VX13717) served in the Cadets with 46th Battalion before enlisting in the Militia on 26 May 1930 as a Gunner attached to II Medium Brigade AGA. On 27 March 1937 he was appointed Lieutenant, enlisting in the AIF on 30 April 1940 with 2/12 Field Regiment. Promoted to Captain on 18 May 1941, he served in the Middle East with HQ Artillery (17 November 1940 - 27 February 1943) and in New Guinea (24 April 1944 - 10 June 1945) with HQ New Guinea Force and HQ Pacific Island Regiment. Captain McDermott was attached to 2/12 Field Regiment RAA at Discharge on 28 September 1945.

Desmond was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1912, eldest of four children of Henry Augustus McDermott (b1882 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Myrtle Evelyn Pearce (b1888 in Melbourne, Victoria). Henry and Myrtle married in 1911 in Melbourne, where they settled and raised their family and Henry was a Department Manager.

Desmond joined the Public Service on leaving school, and was an Accounts Clerk with the Public Health Department when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge, Desmond returned to Melbourne, living with his parents and employed as a Public Servant (Accountant). Desmond died in 1975.

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