GILLETT, Noel Francis Kenneth
| Service Number: | NX501820 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1927 |
| Home Town: | Wheeo, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rural Worker |
| Died: | Accidentally Killed by a Train, Kandra, Japan, 23 December 1947, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Crookwell War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX501820 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michelle Leihn
Pte Noel Francis Kenneth Gillett, born Goulburn NSW Australia.
NX501820
168 General Transport Coy, Australian Army Service Corps.
Not Married
Parents: Kenneth R and Alice L Gillett, Mummell Bridge, Wheeo Road, Crookwell, NSW Australia
Enlisted March 19, 1946, Liverpool, Sydney - Embarked Sydney per HMAS "Kanimbla" October 15th 1946. Disembarked Kure, Japan, October 31, 1946 Kure, Japan.
Accidently killed December 23rd, 1947 at Kanda Railway Station, Japan. Struck by a train when he jumped onto the railway tracks for the purpose of retrieving his hat. He was struck by the train and crushed between it and the platform - aged 20 years.
Buried: British Commonwealth War Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan.
BIO: Dist Cousin Michelle