Michael Alan Mortimer EISDELL

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EISDELL, Michael Alan Mortimer

Service Numbers:	NX15775, NX15775
Enlisted:	20 May 1940, Enlisted at Paddington, Sydney, NSW.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 26 October 1911
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation:	Radio Broadcaster
Died:	9 August 1985, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

20 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX15775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Paddington, Sydney, NSW.
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX15775, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX15775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, Michael was a member of the 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion "I" (Intelligence) Section.
30 Jan 1942:	Discharged Private, NX15775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
30 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX15775, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX15775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

Michael Alan Mortimer EISDELL was a famous A.B.C. Radio Announcer/Presenter at the time of his enlistment in the 2nd A.I.F. for WW2 Service.

He suffered a shattered knee when he was wounded in action during the Siege of Tobruk & was hospitalized.

Later, he was repatriated home to Australia.

Biography contributed by Oskar Laver

Michael was the son of Hubert Mortimer Eisdell, the English tenor and internationally renowned Australian pianist and composer Katherine "Kitty" Parker, from Longford, Tasmania. After finishing his schooling in England he returned to Tasmania and soon after that began working at the ABC in Hobart. He married Doreen Mary Taylor, of Hobart, in 1937 before moving to Sydney. He later remarried Peggy Davis. A descendant of Joseph Leary MP and Hugh Vesty Byrne, the Irish rebel, Micheal Eisdell was a fifth generation Australian. He left behind three children and six grandchildren.

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