PERRY, George Victor
Service Number: | N102168 |
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Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 13 January 1894 |
Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bridge Carpenter |
Died: | Illness, Australia, 16 March 1943, aged 49 years |
Cemetery: |
Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales G C 8, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, N102168 | |
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3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, N102168 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Prior
No 1545 Driver George Victor Perry served in WW1 - 39 Battery 10 Field Artillery Regiment. He saw service in Syria, Egypt, Gallipoli and France. He was in combat for his country for four years and 96 days out of his four years and 215 days in the Army.
Vic was destined for further service in WW2 but collapsed on a route march in Sydney on March 16th, 1943 and died in the ambulance taking him to hospital
Victor Perry St, South West Rocks is named for him
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