Geoffrey Frank LIDGERWOOD

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LIDGERWOOD, Geoffrey Frank

Service Number:	11436
Enlisted:	30 July 1940
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat
Born:	Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1917
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Assembling fitter
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1940, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Section E1 - Grave 649
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 11436
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted 11436

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Biography contributed

Geoffrey Frank LIDGERWOOD was born in Birregurra in Victoria on 26th October, 1917

His parents were Horace Richard LIDGERWOOD & Ethel HOWARTH who married in Victoria in 1904

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Keith Horace LIDGERWOOD (SN 31587) RAAF - discharged 13th December, 1945

2. Harry Robert LIDGERWOOD (SN T4295) - Lance Sergeant 2/8 Field Regiment discharged 3rd October, 1943

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Horace Richard and Ethel Lidgerwood of Mowbray, Tasmania

Aircraftmen Geoffrey Lidgerwood and Geoffrey Clarke were killed in a Motorcycle Accident

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