VERCOE, Harold Woodman Wilson
| Service Number: | NX2246 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1939, Lismore |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lowood, Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick Heads, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Farmer & Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 25 November 1942, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District WW2 Honour Roll, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Tregeagle Public School WW2 Flagpole |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX2246 | |
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| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX2246, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, Lismore | |
| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX2246, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX2246, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, 16th Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harold Woodman Wilson VERCOE was born in Lowood, Queensland on 12th October, 1912
His parents were Woodman VERCOE & Margaret WILSON
He enlisted in Lismore, NSW as a Private on 26th October, 1939 with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion & was later promoted to Corporal
He fought in the North African campaign, the Battle of Bardie, the Greek campaign & then went to New Guinea, the Kokoda Trail & Buna - he fought in the Libyan & Syrian campaigns , returning to Australia in August, 1942 and was then posted to New Guinea
Harold was killed by an errant American mortar bomb in the Headquarters of Captain Jack Blamey (who was also killed by the same bomb), 500 yards on the right hand side of the Sanananda track near Buna on 25th November, 1942
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Port Moresby Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Lismore, NSW
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His brother Clifton Alfred VERCOE (SN N414046) served in WW2 in the Volunteer Defence Corp & was discharged in 1945
ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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