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PLOWMAN, Geoffrey Frank
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX126120, N218959 |
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Enlisted: | 16 October 1941, Holdsworthy, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2 Mountain Battery |
Born: | Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1923 |
Home Town: | Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Certificate of Entry, Secondary School, Intermediate Certificate |
Occupation: | Junior Clerk |
Died: | Accidental (Mess Hut Explosion), New Guinea, 16 December 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot T. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED "GEOFF" LOITERS WITH BACKWARD SMILE UNTIL WE OVERTAKE" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX126120 | |
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16 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N218959, 2 Mountain Battery, Holdsworthy, New South Wales | |
7 Sep 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2 Mountain Battery, Transferred to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from the Australian Military Force (AMF) and allocated service number - NX126120. | |
7 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX126120 |
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