PRZIBILLA, Theodore Lester Keith
| Service Number: | SX9604 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1940, Wayville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Walla Walla, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental (train crash), Australia, 13 May 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Clare General Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX9604, Wayville, South Australia | |
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| 24 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX9604 | |
| 25 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, SX9604 | |
| 12 May 1944: | Involvement Corporal, SX9604, Lines of Communication Units, 17 Signals |
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Theodore Lester Keith Przibilla was born in Walla Walla, New South Wales, Australia on the 17th of March 1920.
Son of Theodore Emil and Evelyn Manning Przibilla of Clare, SA
In 1940, joined the Second AIF in order to fight in World War Two.
Corporal Przibilla was killed in a railway accident between Beltana and Copley, SA on the Alice Springs line while enroute to Darwin.
He was a veteran of the Middle East campaign.
Three other Army personnel were killed in this incident:
Signalman Arthur Kelvin Hale NX86980 of Number 18 Line of Command Signals Unit, Australian Corps of Signals
Gunner Henry Roy Caban NX133858 (N155190) of Number 1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
Gunner Gordon Victor Lehman Service Number SX30556 of 149 Light Anti Aircraft Battery; Royal Australian Artillery
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