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LITCHFIELD, Ernest St Clair
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX60137, NX 60137 |
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Enlisted: | 9 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF |
Born: | Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1917 |
Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Accidental, Libya, Egypt, 5 April 1941, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX60137 | |
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9 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Gunner, NX 60137, 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF | |
22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX60137, 103 aka 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment | |
2 Jun 1941: | Wounded Gunner, NX 60137, 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF, Libya/North Africa, Killed in a road accident while on duty. |
Personal Stories
My uncle
Ernest was my mother's brother who was accidentally killed due to another unit driving on the wrong side of the road Tobruk while on duty.
Submitted 1 June 2016 by Jim Parslow
Biography contributed by Jim Parslow
It may well be that Ernest was inspired by his father Ernest Noman Litchfield, a survivor of the Gallipoli campaign, to serve.