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GOERECKE, Howard Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1344, S2560 |
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Enlisted: | 7 January 1917, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
Born: | Tanunda, SA, 15 November 1891 |
Home Town: | Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | FireRailway Firemanman S. A. R. |
Died: | Daw Park, SA, 9 September 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Wall 130 Niche F010 |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1344, Railway Unit (AIF), Adelaide, SA | |
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11 May 1917: | Embarked 1344, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
11 May 1917: | Involvement 1344, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1344 |
World War 2 Service
31 Mar 1941: | Involvement S2560 | |
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31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, S2560 | |
29 Jan 1947: | Discharged | |
29 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, S2560 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Rudolph Hermann GOERECKE and Eleonore nee ENGELBRECHT