George Norman METCALFE

METCALFE , George Norman

Service Number: Q221805
Enlisted: 3 May 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16 February 1914
Home Town: Cardwell, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Timber Cutter
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1963, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

3 May 1942: Involvement Private, Q221805
3 May 1942: Enlisted
3 May 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q221805, 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
26 Feb 1943: Discharged
26 Feb 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q221805, 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

George was the eldest of four children on Norman Metcalfe (born 1892 in Brisbane, QLD) and Alice May Collins (born 1888 in NSW). Norman and Alice married in 1912 in Cairns, QLD and taised their family there.

George was living in Tully, QLD and working as a Labourer when he married Gwendoline Mary Duell (born 1918 in Tully, QLD) in 1939. George served with the ACMF from 1942 to 1943 as a Private (Service No: Q221805) with 18 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD). He and Gwensoline settled in Brisbane, QLD where George worked as a Labourer. He died in Brisbane in 1963

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