Geoffrey George ALLANSON

ALLANSON, Geoffrey George

    Service Number: SX7428
    Enlisted: 2 July 1940
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Division Signals
    Born: Parkside, South Australia , 7 August 1917
    Home Town: Westbourne Park (Cottonville), Mitcham, South Australia
    Schooling: Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
    Occupation: Radio Operating Student
    Died: Died of Illness (Prisoner of War), Japan, 16 November 1943, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: Yokohama War Cemetery
    Memorials: Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    2 Jul 1940: Involvement Lance Corporal, SX7428, 8th Division Signals
    2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
    2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX7428
    Date unknown: Involvement

    Biography

    Born: 7 August 1917 at Parkside, South Australia
    Son of Otto Wilhelm & Florence Joyce ALLANSON nee BRAY
    Resided at Westbourne Park, South Australia
    Enlisted: 2 July 1940 in Adelaide, South Australia
    After the fall of Singapore a POW
    Interned at Naoetsu
    Died of Illness on 16 November 1943
    Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan

    Submitted 27 March 2016 by Faithe Jones

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