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MACDOWELL, George St Maur
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX4333 |
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Enlisted: | 21 October 1939, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 5 November 1914 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Nudgee Grammar School |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Natural causes (heart failure), Sydney, New South Wales, 14 May 2000, aged 85 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium On the wall of soldiers |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland | |
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21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX4333, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion | |
22 Oct 1939: | Involvement QX4333 | |
1 Apr 1944: | Promoted Lieutenant, pronounced Leftenant | |
9 Oct 1945: | Discharged Lieutenant, QX4333, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion | |
9 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX4333, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion |
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George was one of the first to join up, and saw service in the North African campaign, Syria–Lebanon campaign, Kokoda Track campaign, Salamaua-Lae campaign, Finisterre Range campaign, and Borneo campaign.
He was named 'Digger of '39'.