ADDICOAT, Bert Collingwood
| Service Numbers: | S40152, SX24529 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1942, Date approximate only - drafted as an 'eligible male' into the Militia. Later transferred to the 2nd AIF |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 28 June 1922 |
| Home Town: | Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 26 December 2008, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S40152, Date approximate only - drafted as an 'eligible male' into the Militia. Later transferred to the 2nd AIF | |
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| 14 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S40152, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Date approximate | |
| 13 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX24529, 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance, enl Alice Springs NT from Militia | |
| 14 Aug 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX24529, 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance | |
| 16 Apr 1946: | Discharged Private, SX24529, 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
ADDICOAT Bert Collingwood (1922-?)
Bert Addicoat was born in Adelaide on the 18th June 1922. He would have been drafted into the Militia prior to his enlistment, at Alice Springs on 13 August 1942.
Once Japan had entered the war all eligible males 18-35 were drafted into the Militia hence Alberts 'alternate' service number of S40152.
His SX number indicates that he has been enlisted into the AIF and was thus eleigible for active service overseas.
He was allocated to Medical Corps and eventually posted to the 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance.
Further detail will need to be extracted from his service record.
He is recorded on the West Torrens Boulevard iof Honour but as at Jan 2020 his plaque is not accounted for.
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