KILPATRICK , George Clyde
| Service Numbers: | W2076, WX28264 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarloop, Western Australia , 6 April 1924 |
| Home Town: | Boyanup, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 16 April 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boyanup War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W2076, 25 Cavalry Regiment | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Private, WX28264, Gin Gin, Western Australia | |
| 17 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX28264, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1945: | Involvement Private, WX28264, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea |
Help us honour George Clyde Kilpatrick 's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the second of three children of Edwin George Kilpatrick (b1876 in Crystal Brook, South Australia) and Ada Mary Elizabeth Hornsby (nee Scott; b1893 in Melbourne, Victoria). Edwin had been a Farmer in Boyanup before going to the Eastern Goldfields with his brothers and working briefly as a Prospector and Timber Cutter. He was a Farmer in Boyanup in 1922 when he and Ada (a Widow with three children) married. They settled in Boyanup where Edwin was an Orchardist.
George was a Farm Hand in Boyanup in 1941 when he enlisted in the ACMF and was a Private (Service No:W2070) attached to 25 Cavalry Regiment when he transferred to the AIF in October 1942, George was a Private (Service No:WX23264) attached to 2/6 Infantry Battalion when he was KiA in New Guinea on 16 April 1945. George's half siblings Albert Edward Hornsby (Service No:WX41893) and David Stanley Hornsby (Service No:WX7615) also served in WWII.
Click images to start slideshow.