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NEWELL, Wilford Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX15445 |
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Enlisted: | 13 December 1941, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Milang, South Australia, Australia , 11 January 1921 |
Home Town: | Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 January 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A8 C 18 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Milang Memorial Gates, Milang Soldiers' Memorial Gardens & Anzac Park |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, SX15445, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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13 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
13 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX15445, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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