HOLLINGWORTH, Fred
| Service Number: | SX19297 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1943, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greytown, South Australia (Now Southend) , 20 October 1920 |
| Home Town: | Southend, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Die setter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, New Guinea, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery HH.D.11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX19297, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 29 Mar 1943: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX19297 | |
| 11 Nov 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX19297, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked aboard vessel USAT "Mexico" in Cairns for service in New Guinea. Disembarked Aitape 17th Nov 1944. | |
| 1 Apr 1945: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 May 1945: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX19297, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, Sustained penetrating bullet wounds to left chest and forearm. Died of these wounds on 20th May 1945. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS
Fred HOLLINGWORTH was born in Greytown, South Australia on 20th October 1920, to parents Percy Roebuck and Eva Jane HOLLINGWORTH. Fred's father Percy died in 1928, leaving mother Eva to raise 10 children (6 sons and 4 daughters).
A die setter by trade, Fred was 22 and single when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Wayville, South Australia, on 29th March 1943. Following his recruit training, he was assigned as a Private, service number SX19297, with the 2nd/7th Australian Infantry Battalion.
After nearly 12 months of jungle warfare training in Northern Queensland, Fred embarked in Cairns on 11th November 1944, for service in New Guinea, arriving in Aitape 6 days later. His Battalion was involved in arduous patrols and mopping up operations in the Aitape - Wewak campaign, but met sporadic resistance from the Japanese Imperial Army. Fred was promoted in the field to Lance Corporal on 1st April 1945.
On 19th May 1945, while on a clearing patrol in the Torricelli Range, Fred sustained penetrating bullet wounds to the left side of his chest and left forearm. He died of these wounds the following day, aged 24. He was initially buried in the field, but later reburied in the Lae War Cemetery, in section HH, Row D, Plot 11.
Lest we forget...
Compiled by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS from historical records kept by the National Archives of Australia, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Trove newspaper articles.
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