GALLIFORD, Alfred George
| Service Numbers: | S34300, SX26869, S26286 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1942, Adelaide River, NT |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bowden, South Australia, 28 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Kurralta Park, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Brompton Primary School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Daw Park, South Australia, 4 July 1988, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Site 3682, Path 22, Lawn 2 |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh Church of Christ Men's Bible Class Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Sep 1942: | Involvement Corporal, S26286 | |
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| 17 Sep 1942: | Involvement Corporal, S34300 | |
| 17 Sep 1942: | Involvement Corporal, SX26869 | |
| 17 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX26869 | |
| 17 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide River, NT | |
| 6 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 6 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX26869 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ray Galliford
Alfred George (George) Galliford was born in Bowden, SA on 29th June 1917 to Alfred and Clarice Galliford (nee Skewes). He attended Brompton primary school and after leaving school at age 13, having attained the Q.C. certificate, spent the depression years as a factory hand and later welder. In 1940 he joined the household staff at Government House in Adelaide. He was called up for national service and joined the militia in February, 1941 and later joined the 2/27 Battalion. In September 1941 he married Freda Shipton and they had 1 son who was born in 1947.
During the war years he served in the 2/27 S.A. Scottish regiment and saw service in Darwin, Townsville, Atherton Tablelands, Lae (new Guinea), Green Island, and Bouganville. From 1942 he held the rank of Corporal, and during much of his service he volunteered as an assistant to the Salvation Army in the Red Shield Hut.
After his discharge from the army, he spent a few years as a bus conductor and the rest of his working life he was employed as a storeman in the oil industry. George died at age 71 on the 4th July 1988 at the Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park in Adelaide, after several years suffering from heart disease. He is buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena with his wife Freda.
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