HURST, Patrick George
| Service Number: | WX17351 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | LONDON, ENGLAND, 11 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 11 February 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fairbridge War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX17351 | |
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| 22 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX17351, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
HURST, PATRICK GEORGE
Patrick Hurst was a Kingsley Fairbridge Farm Schoolboy. He arrived aged 12 years in Australia on 'Baradine' Christmas day, December 1934. Although not recorded on his enlistment papers, and perhaps he did not know, Hurst's parents were George Hurst (Snr) & Edith M. Millingsley.
Hurst enlisted at Claremont and initially recorded the Fairbridge Headmaster as his next of kin, later changing to his then wife Patricia May (Martain) whom he married in 1941.
On the day Pat Hurst was KIA, he had earlier shown up with 2 Japanese leather cases and a pocket watch.
Wally Holding said of him, "Pat was a good bloke".
He died on 11 February 1942 during a Japanese Ambush at South West Bukit Timah. Only about 88 of the 200 men survived from 'E' Company
Special Reserve Battalion from this incident.
Submitted 24 May 2020 by Cheryl Mellor
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