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TALBOT-SMITH, Eric
Service Number: | SX12137 |
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Enlisted: | 5 April 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops |
Born: | Woodside, SA, 10 February 1920 |
Home Town: | Coromandel Valley, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
5 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, SX12137, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops | |
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5 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
5 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12137 | |
7 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
7 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12137 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Eric was awarded a life membership from the RSL he was proposed by the Blackwood sub branch. His work for the League included Committeeman 1959-60; Pensions and Welfare 1965; 1968 - 78. He was a hospital and sick members visitor even when in indifferent health himself. Strong supporter of the War Veterans Home. For fifteen years he was involved with the Blackwood junior Football Club as president, secretary and treasurer, assisting the youth of Blackwood and the district.