COURT, William Rex
| Service Number: | SX10932 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 January 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie - South Australia, 10 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Solomontown Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Papua, 26 December 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
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| 26 Dec 1942: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SX10932, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
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Pte. W R Court 2/10th Batt. AIF of Railway Terrace Solomontown, aged 22. Son of Mr and Mrs William Robert Court of Solomontown. Educated at Solomontown Public School receiving his QC. Interested in football and cricket. Enlisted in the 2nd AIF in January 1941 and saw service in the Middle East, Tobruk, Libya, Palestine and in the Syrian campaign. Returned to Australia in March 1942 and again took part in active service. Although hit four times by Japanese bombs he escaped serious injury. He died of wounds received in action at Buna on December 26 1942.
Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who enlisted in the Second World War.
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