ALMOND, Harry Anzac
Service Number: | VX29769 |
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Enlisted: | 26 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Born: | Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 25 April 1916 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Truck Driver |
Died: | Narracan, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1989, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Narracan Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: | Whittlesea WW2 Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
26 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769 | |
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15 Sep 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Melbourne per H.M.A. T. S.2. Disembarked Palestine 13th October 1940. | |
24 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Emabarked Suez 24th Jan 1943 Disembarked Sydney 1943 | |
9 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Cairns 9th August 1943, Disembarked Milne Bay NG 11th August 1943 | |
9 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Finschaffen 9th Feb 1944, Disembarked Brisbane 2oth Feb 1944. | |
9 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Finschaffen 9th Feb 1944, Disembarked Brisbane 2oth Feb 1944. | |
22 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked per "River Murrumbidgee" Tarakan, Disembarked Morotai 25th Oct. 1945 | |
25 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Morotai per "Duntroon" for Maianland, Disembarked Sydney 7th November 1945. | |
19 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
19 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX29769 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoff Fuller
Awarded: 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (with 8 Army Clasp), Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal & Returned from Active Service Badge.
He saw service in the "Middle East" from Sept 1940 to Feb 1943, New Guinea from August 1943 to February 1944 & the SWPA from March 1945 thru to November 1945.