Edwin Harold (Dick) GLADIGAU

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Other Name:	GLADIGAN, Edwin Harold - Service Record Misprint
Service Number:	S30541
Enlisted:	16 September 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Birdwood, South Australia, 29 December 1919
Home Town:	Birdwood (formerly Blumberg), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Birdwood, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed when a branch of a tree he was pushing over with his tractor fell on him, Birdwood, South Australia, 19 May 1972, aged 52 years
Cemetery:	Birdwood Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:

16 Sep 1940:	Involvement Private, S30541, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Birdwood, SA
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30541
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30541, Australian Voluntary Hospital, On the 16th September 1940, Edwin Harold Gladigau enlisted in the Militia as Private S30541. Posted to the 101st General Hospital.
9 Apr 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30541, General Hospitals - WW2, On the 9th April 1942, Private S30541, Edwin Harold Gladigau was Demobilised/Discharged form the 101st General Hospital, Militia.
10 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30541, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), On the 10th April 1942, Edwin Harold Gladigau enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) as Private S30541. Posted to the 3rd Battalion.
28 Aug 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), On the 28th August 1942, Private S30541, Edwin Harold Gladigau was Transferred to the 2nd Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC).
6 Aug 1945:	Discharged
6 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30541, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), On the 6th August 1945, Private S30541, Edwin Harold Gladigau was Discharged from the 2nd Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC). - Discharged at his own request.

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