William Eric CHITTLEBOROUGH

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CHITTLEBOROUGH, William Eric

Service Number:	SX1955
Enlisted:	6 March 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Wakefield, South Australia, 12 December 1906
Home Town:	Kuitpo Colony, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 18 January 1943, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A 8 A 9,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bute District Council WW2 Roll of Honor, Bute War Memorial Garden, Moculta & District Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

6 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX1955, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Eric CHITTLEBOROUGH was born in Port Wakefield, South Australia on 12th December, 1906

His parents were George Leslie CHITTLEBOROUGH & Helen SUTHERLAND

Biography contributed by sue bryan

Fostered in 1907 by Paul and Ottilie Schilling he was also known as Rupert Alwin Schilling. He ran away in 1924. In 1930 he was a victim of assault and in Jan 1940 he was reported as missing. He enlisted in 1940 and in 1943 he was Killed in Action.

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