George ANSON

ANSON, George

Service Number: NX71608
Enlisted: 20 March 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1920
Home Town: Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1973, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71608
23 Oct 1942: Involvement Private, NX71608, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
22 Jul 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71608
Date unknown: Involvement Private, NX71608

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

El Alamein (WIA)

According to his given age of 50 years at his death in 1973, George was actually only 18 at enlistment & 19 when wounded at El Alamein!