SWIRGSDIN, Herbert Peter
| Service Number: | QX37363 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Craftsman |
| Last Unit: | Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Born: | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 20 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic/Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Illness, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1946, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ Plot 1, Portion7 Section 82 Grave 40, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
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| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37363 | |
| 6 Dec 1946: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Craftsman, QX37363, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1 Australian Watercraft Workshops |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Herbert Peter SWIRGSDIN was born on 20th October, 1918 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
His parents were Peter SWIRGSDIN & Hilda Alice WHITE who married in England in 1918 (registered in Lambeth)
He married Dorothy Jane O'NEILL in Queensland on 6th November, 1939 - one daughter Rachel
Herbert died of Illness in Queensland on 12th July, 1946 and is buried in the Lutwyche Cemetery in Brisbane
He was with the 1st Australian Watercraft Workshops (Australian Corp. Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - Australian Army - he returned to Australia and was discharged on 6th December, 1945
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His father Peter SWIRGSDIN (SN 21275) came from Russia & served during WW1 in the Australian Army and was discharged home medically unfit after injury in 1918
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