Ivor Clarence (Ivor) BALMAIN

BALMAIN, Ivor Clarence

Service Number: VX140757
Enlisted: 16 April 1943, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Geelong, Victoria, 14 June 1924
Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Food/drink waiter
Died: Natural causes, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 2010
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

16 Apr 1943: Enlisted Private, VX140757, New South Wales
16 May 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX140757, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
6 Feb 1946: Discharged Private, VX140757, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
6 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX140757, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Bernard Terry

Ivor Clarence Balmain, born 14 June 1924 to Irene May Balmain (nee Byrne) and Robert Percy Balmain (/explore/people/194157) of Geelong.

He has two surviving sisters Mavis Bliss and Nola Terry.

Ivor served in catering of one sort or another almost all his adult life, beginning as a waiter as a cvilian and continuing this career in 2/2 CCS during WW2. Listed as a cook, and as we all know the Army marches on it's stomach.

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