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DRISCOLL, Frederick George
Personal Details
Service Number: | S111358 |
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Enlisted: | 5 May 1941, Mount Gambier, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 20 April 1908 |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Telegrapher |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
5 May 1941: | Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA | |
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9 Nov 1942: | Involvement Signalman, S111358 | |
9 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
9 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S111358 | |
14 Oct 1944: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kim Warren
Frederick was working as a telegrapher in Darwin when it was bombed in 1942. Ignoring the warden who directed him to the bomb shelter, he took his chances in the street gutter with a delivery boy who was refused entry. The post office took a direct hit, killing all inside.