George Charles PROUT

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Service Number:	WX41524
Enlisted:	13 March 1944, Enlisted in Claremont, WA on 13 March 1944. Assigned to 35th Aust. Inf. Tng. Bn. at rank of Private.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Australian Division
Born:	South Perth, Western Australia, 3 December 1925
Home Town:	Esperance, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hotel Yardman
Died:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 2 June 2019, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia PLOT: Crematorium Holly Bed
Memorials:

13 Mar 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX41524, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Claremont, WA on 13 March 1944. Assigned to 35th Aust. Inf. Tng. Bn. at rank of Private.
17 May 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX41524
27 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX41524, 35th Infantry Battalion, Serving with 9/35th Battalion; embarked at Moreton for service in British North Borneo
21 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX41524, 34th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 34th Infantry Brigade and embarked at Labuan for service in Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) as an unpaid (acting) Lance Corporal, per service record entry dated 21 Jan 1946
10 Jun 1947:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 6th Australian Division, Appointed Lance Corporal (paid) while serving with the administrative echelon of the 6th Australian Division, while part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan, following the end of the Second World War. Duties within the Administrative (A.D.) Echelon typically involved personnel administration, records, logistics coordination and general support functions essential to maintaining the division’s operations during occupation duties.
3 Dec 1948:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX41524

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