WOODGATE, Rex
| Service Number: | NX5318 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1939, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1919 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental (POW of Germany), Germany, 19 April 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Private, NX5318, Parramatta, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX5318, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Apr 1945: | Involvement Private, NX5318, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
His parents were Osbert Wilfred WOODGATE and Annie May HEATH who married in 1902 in Inverell, NSW
"...NX5318 Private Rex Woodgate, 2/4 Battalion. A labourer from Merrylands, New South Wales, prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney on 10 January 1940 for the Middle East. He was hospitalised in October 1940 and following convalescence he was transferred to 19 Australian Infantry Training Battalion which was then located at Beit Jirja, Palestine. In March 1941 he embarked for operations in Greece. In April 1941 Pte Woodgate was reported missing in action and was subsequently confirmed to be a prisoner of war in Germany. He was transferred to a number of internment camps and while at Stalag 357 in April 1945, the prisoners were marched around the countryside for a period of three weeks. During that time the column was attacked by air and Pte Woodgate was killed in action on 19 April 1945. He was aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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