George Hockley ELLWOOD

ELLWOOD, George Hockley

Service Number: QX16167
Enlisted: 2 August 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1919
Home Town: Applethorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Traveller
Died: Died of wounds, Syria, 25 June 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Beirut War Cemetery
Plot 4, Row F, Grave 9 Roll of Honour - Stanthorpe, QLD, Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX16167
2 Aug 1940: Enlisted
2 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX16167, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
8 Apr 1941: Embarked Private, QX16167, Embarked at Sydney for Middle East
25 Jun 1941: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edgar Osmond and Maude Annie Ellwood of Applethorpe, QLD

Other service number Q63660

4 May 1941 - Disembarked in the Middle East