DIGNEY, George William Isaac
Service Number: | W84457 |
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Enlisted: | 31 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 12th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Timboon, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1900 |
Home Town: | Dwellingup, Murray, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Western Australia, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
31 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, W84457, 12th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, W84457, 12th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, W84457, 12th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ellen Magill
George William Digney was born in Timboon, Victoria, where his grandparents both Digney and Dalton were early settlers. His uncle Alf Digney was KIA in France during WW1. He was the eldest son with two of his younger brothers also born in the town, where Digney's Bridge Road was named after the family. His family moved to Western Australia, but his mother, Matilda Amelia, known as Dolly, travelled back to their home town bringing her family with her. They eventually settled in the west, but still kept ties to the district.