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HORD, Garnet Oswald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | V19790 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 22 December 1901 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Victorian Railways Employee |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1961, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia RC Section G -21-7 Buried with Brother Stanley Edward Hord ( Service No 970 / 24th Infantry Bn) |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 30 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V19790, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) | |
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| 14 Sep 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Advanced Land Headquarters, Posted to Advance LHQ Queensland for duty. | |
| 11 Aug 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, HQ New Guinea Force, Posted to HQ NG Force for duty. Taken on Strength of HQ WEF 20 August 1943. | |
| 26 Mar 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, HQ New Guinea Force | |
| 28 Sep 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 1st Australian Army HQ, New Guinea | |
| 28 May 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 1st Australian Army HQ, RTA 3MD Melbourne for Discharge Skilled Employee Victorian Railway Medical Class down grade to B2 ( Constitution) . 532 Days overseas service in New Guinea. | |
| 8 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V19790, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Married in 1936 to Mary Catherine Hord resident of 28 Ormond Road West Footscray Victoria.
Served in New Guinea 1943-45. With HQ New Guinea Force the HQ 1st Australian Army.