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WHIBLEY, Gavin Packham
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX12511 |
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Enlisted: | 3 May 1941, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mount Barker, South Australia, 12 July 1911 |
Home Town: | Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farm Hand / Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 29 December 1942, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot B6, Row B, Grave 2 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Barker War Memorial, Netherby Urrbrae Agricultural High School WW2 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 May 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12511, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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3 May 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
3 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12511, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Gavin Packham WHIBLEY was born in Mount Barker in South Australia on 12th July, 1911
His parents were Walter Packham WHIBLEY & Jessie Ann ROSS