Geoffrey Ronald MIETHKE MC

MIETHKE, Geoffrey Ronald

Service Number: SX1461
Enlisted: 24 November 1939, Woodside, SA
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Woodville, SA, 27 June 1916
Home Town: Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Mitcham, South Australia, Australia, 11 December 1991, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Banksia Court, Rose Bed 7, Position 3
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World War 2 Service

24 Nov 1939: Involvement Major, SX1461, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1939: Enlisted Woodside, SA
24 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, SX1461, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1945: Discharged
16 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, SX1461, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Honoured Military Cross

WW2

The details provided are taken from the book "Purple and Blue - the history of the 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles) 1st published 1959. Geoffrey is mentioned a large amount of times throughout the book, and detailed in the index at the rear of the book, as is the citation for the MC - Military Cross awarded for service at the KB Mission, Milne Bay, New Guinea on the night of 27/28 Aug 1942.

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