TODD, Andrew James
Service Number: | SX681 |
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Enlisted: | 23 October 1939, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Division Army Service Corps |
Born: | Adelaide, SA, 6 August 1916 |
Home Town: | Kangarilla, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School, Thebarton Technical School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, 16 January 2004, aged 87 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia West, Rose Bed W14, Position 5 |
Memorials: | Kangarilla War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
23 Oct 1939: | Involvement Driver, SX681 | |
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23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX681 | |
13 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
13 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX681, 9th Division Army Service Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs R.W. Todd, of Kangarilla, SA. Educated at Sturt Street (Adelaide) State School and the Thebarton Technical School he played a little soccer, but was very keen on fretwork and made many small ornaments. In civilian life he was a labourer at the Shriek Brush Company and enlisted in October 1939. Andrew left Australia in May 1940 for England and later transferred to the Middle East and was sent to firstly Palestine then on to Syria.