
GREENING, Sydney Reginald
| Service Number: | SX12362 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 April 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stansbury, South Australia, 19 September 1909 |
| Home Town: | Wool Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 21 January 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 4. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE". |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stansbury Memorial Gates, Stansbury War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, SX12362, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 23 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12362, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1931 - 1954) Friday 12 February 1943
Private Casualty Advices
Mr. and Mrs. S. Greening, of Wool Bay, have received advice that their son, Pte. S. R. (Reg.), Greening, was killed in action in New Guinea on January 21. Pte. Greening enlisted in February, 1941, and sailed for the Middle East in September of that year. He returned to Australia in March 1942, and later went to New Guinea.
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