Ian Mortimer (John) TINK

TINK, Ian Mortimer

Service Number: NX44504
Enlisted: 9 September 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 August 1921
Home Town: Geurie, Wellington, New South Wales
Died: Killed in Action, Tel El-Eisa, Egypt, 17 August 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
Cemetery/memorial reference: A I. B. 12.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX44504
9 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX44504, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
17 Aug 1942: Involvement Private, NX44504, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Killed by friendly fire when two 2nd/17th night patrols clashed in pitch blackness. "Unfortunate mis-adventure" recorded in Unit Diary.

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