George SMITH

SMITH, George

Service Number: WX4891
Enlisted: 16 July 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Angus, Scotland, 19 September 1902
Home Town: Como, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cook
Died: Illness, Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 42 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
LABUAN MEMORIAL Panel 18. Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, WX4891
16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX4891, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Gary Hockley

Son of David and Margaret Smith; husband of Eileen Smith, of Como, Western Australia.