Geoffrey Gordon HOAD

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Service Number:	SX13297
Enlisted:	18 June 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Victor Harbour, South Australia, 18 December 1921
Home Town:	Sanderston, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farm Hand/ Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 23 December 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery AA C 9
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cambrai and District Roll of Honour , Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Mount Pleasant District WW2 Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant War Memorial, Murray Bridge War Memorial WW2, Sanderston Memorial and Flagpole

18 Jun 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX13297
18 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX13297
23 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX13297, 2nd/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron

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Geoffrey Gordon HOAD was born in Victor Harbour, South Australia on 18th December, 1921

His parents were Harry Ernest HOAD & Dora Louise MALE who married in 1919 in England (registered in Langport, Somerset)

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His father Harry Ernest HOAD (SN 7361) served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1920

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