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Roll of Honour: ­http­://­www­.­awm­.­gov­.­au­/

Number: SX313
Rank: Private ‎[Pte]‎
Unit: 2/10 INF BN
Service: Army
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of Death: 25 May 1941
Place of Death: Libya
Cause of Death: Killed In Action
Memorial Panel: 35
Cemetery or Memorial Details:
Next Of Kin:
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Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF ‎(Australian Imperial Force)‎ and CMF ‎(Citizen Military Force)‎

History of the 2/10th Bataliion: ­http­://­www­.­awm­.­gov­.­au­/

"The 2/10th Battalion was the first South Australian battalion formed for the Second AIF. It formally came into being with the appointment of its first commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Verrier, on 13 October 1939 but over a week would elapse before the battalion began to take shape at Adelaide's Wayville Showgrounds. It trained first at Woodside in the Adelaide hills, and then at Greta and Ingleburn in New South Wales. The 2/10th embarked for the Middle East on 5 May 1940 as part of the 18th Brigade, of the 6th Australian Division.

"En route to the Middle East, the 18th Brigade was diverted to the United Kingdom to bolster its defences following the fall of France. The 2/10th disembarked at Gourock in Scotland on 18 June and was subsequently based at Lopcombe Corner, near Salisbury, in England. On 8 July the 2/10th suffered the Second AIF's first casualty due to enemy action - Private Albert Webb, who was wounded in a strafing attack by a German aircraft. The battalion relocated to Colchester in October and left the United Kingdom on 17 November.

"The 2/10th arrived in Egypt on 31 December 1940. In the United Kingdom the 18th Brigade had become part of the newly-formed 9th Australian Division, but in Egypt, in February 1941, it was transferred to the 7th Division. D Company of the 2/10th reinforced the 2/9th Battalion for its attack on Giarabub on 21 March 1941, but the whole battalion was not committed to active operations until it moved, with the rest of the brigade, to Tobruk in the first week of April. The 18th Brigade took part in the defence of Tobruk until it was withdrawn at the end of August."