Oliver Charles GREENWOOD

GREENWOOD, Oliver Charles

    Service Numbers: QX32633, QX7676
    Enlisted: 4 June 1940, Cairns, Queensland
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 3 September 1916
    Home Town: Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 27 August 1942, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 16. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE".
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rocky Creek 61st Infantry Battalion Queensland Cameron Highlanders
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX32633
    4 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX7676, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Cairns, Queensland
    15 Mar 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX7676, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged on mental grounds.
    5 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX32633, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, Brisbane, Queensland
    27 Aug 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in action Papua.

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Bonald

    Oliver Charles Greenwood- QX7676 enlisted in Cairns on 4th June 1940 he was later discharged due to his mental condition on 15th March 1942. He re-enlisted under the name of Alan Charles Greenwood in Brisbane on the 5th June 1942. He was killed in action in New Guinea on the 27th August 1942. Oliver Charles Greenwood is his real name, Alan Charles Greenwood is the alias. 

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