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GEDDES, George

Service Number:	NX17025
Enlisted:	24 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yerong Creek, NSW, Australia, 23 January 1907
Home Town:	Yerong Creek, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Hurstville, NSW, Australia, 13 September 1973, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

24 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX17025, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17025
10 Apr 1941:	Wounded Private, NX17025, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, Severe G.S.W. / amputate R. forearm.
10 Apr 1941:	Imprisoned Siege of Tobruk
23 Nov 1942:	Discharged Private, NX17025, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Due to disabling war injury.
23 Nov 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17025
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX17025, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

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