WARHURST, Victor Ingleby
| Service Number: | NX70433 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Hyde Park, South Australia, 22 January 1918 |
| Home Town: | Glenunga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Army Officer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 11 February 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Nov 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX70433 | |
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| 12 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
| 12 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70433, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 11 Feb 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX70433, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Victor Ingleby WARHURST was born in Hyde Park, South Australia on 22nd January, 1918
His parents were Victor Arnold WARHURST & Olive Drew SHARLAND
He married Joan Shirley VERCO in Christ Church in North Adelaide in 1940 - one daughter Patricia who never met her Father
He had graduated from the Royal Military College in Duntroon & enlisted in Paddington, Sydney on 12th November, 1940
Victor was Killed in Action in Malaya on 11th February, 1942 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Singapore (Kranji) Memorial
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His twin brother Raymond Wilfred WARHURST (SN SX 1735) also served during WW2 as a Lieutenant and was discharged on 9th October, 1945
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