Virtual War Memorial | Harold Sydney Edward WILLOUGHBY-JACKSON

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WILLOUGHBY-JACKSON, Harold Sydney Edward

Service Numbers:	VX16710, VX16710
Enlisted:	28 March 1940, Initially enlisted under the name of DAWSON, GEORGE WILLIAM.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, 2 May 1916
Home Town:	Woods Point, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner / Clipper
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 April 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot J. Row D. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED SON OF GEORGE AND JANE JACKSON, RAILWAY ST., CORRIMAL, N.S.W."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX16710
28 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX16710, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Initially enlisted under the name of DAWSON, GEORGE WILLIAM.
16 Feb 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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