Clyde (Joe) HULBERT

HULBERT, Clyde

Service Numbers: SX39556, S24052
Enlisted: 15 February 1944, In The Field, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales, 5 September 1919
Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: North School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Balikpapan, Borneo, 10 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
6.D.6, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

15 Feb 1944: Enlisted Private, SX39556, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, In The Field, South Australia
15 Feb 1944: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX39556, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1944: Involvement S24052
10 Jul 1945: Involvement Private, SX39556, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

By the time Joe Hulbert enlisted in February 1944, his parents had tragically lost 3 of their 5 children, either to accident or illness.  Eight days after he was actively involved in the fighting, Joe too was killed.