Bernard Joseph Robert GIBLIN

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GIBLIN, Bernard Joseph Robert

Service Number:	SX1745
Enlisted:	19 February 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, SA, 12 October 1919
Home Town:	Kensington, South Australia
Schooling:	Martist Brothers' College Norwood
Occupation:	Warehouse Assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 26 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea C6 C 15
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX1745, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
19 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX1745, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph Bernard and Gladys Lenora Giblin, of Kensington, South Australia. Educated at Marist Brothers' College Norwood, Bernard played football and was fond of dancing. In civilian life he was employed at A.M. Bickfords, Wholesale Chemists, in the drug department for some time and joined the AIF in February 1940. Training at Wayville, he left for England in May 1940 and spent six months there, and then left for the Middle East. Served in Tobruk and took prat in desert fighting.

IN GOD'S LOVING CARE SO DEEPLY LOVED SO SADLY MISSED

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