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PHILP, Sydney Glassop
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX15438 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maclean, Clarence Valley - New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1914 |
| Home Town: | Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cane Cutter/Fisherman |
| Died: | Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 14 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX15438, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX15438, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, NX15438, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Captured PoW in Crete | |
| 29 May 1941: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX15438, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War, PoW No. 5579 - Held at Stalag 8B in Poland for most of the war | |
| 30 Aug 1945: | Discharged Lance Corporal, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX15438, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
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