Geoffrey George ALLANSON

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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

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 (Army 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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