Ernest Frank PLENTY

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PLENTY, Ernest Frank

Service Number:	SX6678
Enlisted:	24 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, SA, 4 January 1912
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Hindmarsh Public School
Occupation:	Vulcanizer
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 23 October 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery XVI B 3
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

24 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX6678, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX6678, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles and Bertha Jane PLENTY of 18 Eighth Street, Bowden, SA. Educated at Hindmarsh School he was fond of swimming and played football for Brompton Club. In civilian life he worked at Renovial Rubber Works Adelaide for several years. Enlisted in June 1940 and left Australia in December 1940 for the Middle East and saw service in all sectors including Tobruk and Syria. His brother C PLENTY was in the Great War serving in the 43rd Battalion and won the Military Medal in May 1918.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED

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