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BIRRELL, William Duncan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX440 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1939, Port Pirie, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edingburgh, Scotland, 10 November 1904 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Shipbuilder |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Port Pire, South Australia, Australia, 11 May 1987, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, SX440, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Port Pirie, SA | |
| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX440 | |
| 19 Jun 1941: | Discharged | |
| 19 Jun 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX440 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs William BIRRELL, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Married with two sons and residing at 28 Vera Street Port Pirie, William was educated at a Public School in Edinburgh. He was orginally a shipbuilder before he came to Australia, and has been employed by the B.H.A. Smelters at Port Pirie. He enlisted and was in the first contingent to leave Australia. Invalided home in May 1941.
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