William Denshire GARFIT

GARFIT, William Denshire

Service Number: NX35960
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX35960
28 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX35960, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Wagga Wagga, NSW

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Biography 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.