William George (Kitch) EAST

EAST, William George

Service Number: QX10337
Enlisted: 30 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons
Born: Helidon, Queensland, 23 January 1915
Home Town: Helidon, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling: Helidon State School and Lockyer Technical College
Occupation: Draper
Died: Natural causes, Greenslopes, Queensland, 18 June 1991, aged 76 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

30 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX10337
30 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, QX10337, Toowoomba, Queensland
1 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, QX10337
26 Dec 1940: Embarked Private
27 Dec 1940: Embarked Private, 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Per "Queen Mary" to Middle East, disembarking 2 February 1941.
14 Feb 1941: Involvement 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Libya/North Africa, Based at Ikingi Maryut, in the Western Desert of Egypt, and doing convoy work via coastal road into Libya, as far as Tobruk.
24 Mar 1941: Involvement 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Evacuated from Greece and Crete on British vessels. Was involved in the suppression of a mutiny on an evacuation ship at Suda Bay, about 25 May 1941.
16 Feb 1942: Embarked 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Per "Empire Pintail" for return to Australia, disembarking 22 March 1942.
17 Feb 1942: Promoted Lance Corporal
29 Oct 1942: Promoted Corporal
16 Jul 1943: Involvement General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
16 Jul 1943: Embarked General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Per "Henry T. Allen" to Port Moresby, disembarking 20 July 1943.
23 Jun 1944: Embarked General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Per "Taroona" for Townsville, disembarking 27 June 1944.
13 Sep 1945: Discharged Corporal, QX10337, 2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons
13 Sep 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX10337

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Biography contributed by John East