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GARFIT, William Denshire
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX35960 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1940, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Birmingham, England, 20 March 1910 |
Home Town: | Yenda, Griffith, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial, Yenda WW2 War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX35960 | |
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28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX35960, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William George Denshire Garfit and Agatha Maria Garfit, of Erdington, Birmingham, England.
Lost when Hospital Ship 'Centaur' was torpedoed by the Japanese and sunk off South Queensland Coast.