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SHELBERG, Harold Edley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX19085 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1941, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 December 1913 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane State High School |
| Occupation: | Insurance Agent |
| Died: | Injuries received as passenger in a motor vehicle accident, Syria, 8 January 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery, Tripoli, Lebanon Cemetery/memorial reference: 1. A. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX19085 | |
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| 17 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Lieutenant, QX19085, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane | |
| 17 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX19085 | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX19085, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, DOW received in a motor vehicle accident on the HOMS-TRIPOLI road. No blame attached. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Harold Edley SHELBERG was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 3rd December, 1913
His parents were Edley Rudolph SHELBERG & Jeanie Livingstone STEWART
He married Vivienne Forbes ARCHER on 22nd February, 1941 in Queensland
Harold was killed in a road traffic accident on the HOMS-TRIPOLI Road, through no fault of his own.
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