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KILLINGBECK, George Gilbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX47277 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Castlemaine, Vic., 19 September 1913 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Rail Assistant Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Tarakan, Tarakan, Borneo, 3 May 1945, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery 15 B 7 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Yandoit & Yandoit Hills Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX47277 | |
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29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX47277, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles and Bridget Killingbeck, of Merbein, Victoria, Australia.
HE LOVED LIFE - BUT AUSTRALIA BETTER EVER REMEMBERED...OUR LOVED ONE