Geoffrey Blair WHITE

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Service Number:	Q76857
Enlisted:	22 August 1940
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1920
Home Town:	Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland State School System, Australia
Occupation:	Factory Worker
Died:	Illness, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 13 May 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot E. Row B. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. "TILL THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY".
Memorials:	Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, Q76857, FTD 3/11/1941 enlisted 22/8/1940?? d/d 13/5/1945
22 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q76857
13 May 1945:	Discharged
13 May 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, Q76857, Royal Australian Engineers, Died of peritonitis and nephritis as a result of acute appendicitis.
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q76857

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