POLKINGHORNE, Dermott Moore
| Service Number: | SX1625 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 December 1939, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Henley Beach, South Australia, 6 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Wiltshire, England, England, United Kingdom, 13 September 1940, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tidworth Military Cemetery, England Section F, Grave 3 - Church of England Personal Inscription "AFTER LIFE'S FITFUL FEVER HE SLEEPS WELL" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Private, SX1625, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX1625, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Sep 1940: | Involvement Corporal, SX1625, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Dermott Moore POLKINGHORNE was born on 6th May, 1918 in Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia
His parents were Oswald POLKINGHORNE and Lenora Ethel TWISS
He was living in Kingswood when he enlisted in Adelaide on 7th December, 1939 with the Australian Army - he was with the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion. - Australian Army Service Corp. A.I.F., 6th Division.
Dermott was killed accidentally on 13th September, 1940 in England and is buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery & is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Adelaide, SA
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Death registered as:
Deaths Sep 1940 Polkinghome Dermot M 23 Salisbury 5a 436
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