FELL, John
| Other Name: | POLLOCK, Robert - True name |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 21 May 1940: | Involvement Private, NX16224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 May 1940: | Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 21 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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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