George Urie MAPLESTONE

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MAPLESTONE, George Urie

Service Number:	V47824
Enlisted:	29 August 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1916
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 July 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot N. Row D. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED BY ALL...LEST WE FORGET"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement V47824
29 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V47824, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Urie MAPLESTONE was born in Melbourne on 11th September, 1916

His parents were Henry Carman MAPLESTONE & Maggie URIE who married in Victoria on 16th August, 1905

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Reyburn Urie MAPLESTONE (SN VX112539) - discharged 21st December, 1945 (Army)

2. Henry Kenneth MAPLESTONE (SN V361939) discharged 19th October, 1945 - 15th Infantry Battqalion - he was also in the Volunteer Defence Corp

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