BLISS, George Leonard Farrell
| Service Number: | N244163 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Yass, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yass, Yass Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 October 1942, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea plot C7 E 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kokoda Track Memorial Rose Garden, Yass WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, N244163 | |
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| 2 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N244163, 3 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by stacey devery
BLISS, Private, GEORGE LEONARD FARRELL, N244163. A.C.M.F. 3 Bn.
Australian Infantry. 19th October 1942. Age 20. Son of Farrell and
Rebecca Bliss (nee Privett), of Yass, New South Wales. C7. E. 10.
George Leonard Farrell Bliss was born on the property known as "Spring
Valley" - the same property his grandfather, George Henry Bliss,
convict, was granted when given a Ticket of Leave in 1839.
He was called up in 1942 into the Militia and drafted into the Third
Australian Infantry Battalion. He was not tall and was slightly built
but quite used to hard farm work and sleeping rough, whilst out rounding
up cattle.
Following his call-up and brief training, he was sent to New Guinea and
Kokoda. He was amongst A.I.F. returned volunteers.
His rural background made him keenly observant of things around him and
he was used to using a gun.
George and another young soldier were sent as scouts by their Unit
Lieutenant, who was later demoted for sending out inexperienced
youngsters in this role.
Both youngsters were killed on the track
There is a memorial to George and others killed on the Kokoda Track in
Concord, NSW.
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