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GLEESON, Daniel George Cornelius
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX3659 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1940, Launceston, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Riana, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 2012 |
Home Town: | Riana, Central Coast, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bushman (Bush Labourer) |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 21 June 1943 |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot S. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "FOR EVER WE WILL REMEMBER" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX3659 | |
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28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3659, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Launceston, Tasmania | |
7 Sep 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Relative
I cannot actually say to much about Daniel, he was my great uncle and he died years before I was even born. But my dad talked of his Uncle Dan and always maintained he was a good man.
Submitted 1 May 2023 by Lee Daly