John (aka Robert POLLOCK) (Snowy) FELL

FELL, John (aka Robert POLLOCK)

Service Number: NX16224
Enlisted: 21 May 1940, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Paisley, Scotland, 14 September 1909
Home Town: Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Steel Worker
Died: Died of Wounds, Egypt, Australia, 4 October 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt, Goulburn General Cemetery, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

21 May 1940: Involvement Private, NX16224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
21 May 1940: Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales
21 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX16224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

This man is my maternal uncle. He enlisted under the name John Fell, but that was not his real name. He was actually born Robert Pollock in Scotland c.1909, and he emigrated to Australia during 1914. My mother said that he enlisted under an assumed name to avoid being refused entry, due to his employment being a "protected occupation", namely a steel-worker. 

I have several photos of him taken in a studio in Egypt not long before his death. I also have the letter from his C/O to my grandmother who was listed as his next of kin. He was struck by a truck at night in El Alamein and suffered throat and chest injuries dying 2 days later. - Jeff Brooks

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