Philip George TOBIN

TOBIN, Philip George

    Service Number: SX18847
    Enlisted: 21 September 1942, Wayville, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 23 July 1923
    Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: St Marys, South Australia, Australia, 3 August 2014, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Buried with his mother, Grave Location: Catholic E Section, Path 36, Plot 557B.
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    World War 2 Service

    21 Sep 1942: Involvement Private, SX18847
    21 Sep 1942: Enlisted Wayville, SA
    21 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
    23 Jul 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 23rd July 1943 he Embarked from Townsville, Queensland, Australia bound for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
    26 Jul 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 26th July 1943 he Disembarked at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
    27 Jan 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 27th January 1944 he Embarked Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea, bound for Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
    31 Jan 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 31st January 1944 he Disembarked at Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
    9 Jun 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 9th June 1945 he Embarked from Townsville, Queensland, Australia aboard the Vessel "Howell Lykes" bound for Morotai, Indonesia.
    18 Jun 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 18th June 1945 he Disembarked at Morotai, Indonesia.
    25 Jun 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 25th June 1945 he Embarked from Morotai, Indonesia for Balikpapan, Indonesia.
    13 Feb 1946: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 13th February 1946 he Embarked Balikpapan, Indonesia bound for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    22 Feb 1946: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, On the 22nd February 1946 he Disembarked at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    14 Jun 1946: Discharged
    14 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18847, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion

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