TOWNSEND G.W.L.

Given Names:  George Wilfred Lambert

Service Number:  4649

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, 7th reinforcements                                                             

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  27/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Townsend

88 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  10/8/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Persia

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ormonde                                         

Embarked:  16/6/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  30/9/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3182

British War Medal:  17582

Victory Medal:  17466

Other:    OBE (WW2) & MiD

BIRTH

Date or Year:  5/4/1896

Place:  Brisbane, Queensland                   

Father:  George TOWNSEND                  

Mother:  Annie EVANS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:  Rabaul, PNG                                

Spouse: Mary Lynette TONGE

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/2/1962                            

Place: Nambour, Queensland                   

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Filed amalgamated with WW2 file

Initially served in Egypt and Gallipoli; from March 1916 served in France and Belgium

He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 23/4/1917; and 1/8/1917 was promoted to Lieutenant

OBE gazetted 8/3/1945 for highly meritorious service in New Guinea and New Britain

Mention in Despatches gazetted 6/3/1947 for distinguished service in south west Pacific area

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX117176                                   

Date Enlisted:  6/11/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  14/12/1945

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