DEARDEN, George Frank

DEARDEN, George Frank – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWII
SERVICE NO : QX12622
RANK : Gunner
UNIT : 2/10th Field Regiment
ENLISTMENT DATE : 27/01/1941
AGE : 37
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Brisbane, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Winton, Queensland
RELIGION : Methodist
OCCUPATION : Truck Driver
DATE OF DEATH : 15/06/1941
PLACE OF BURIAL : Kanchanaburi, Thailand

MEMORIALS : Warwick State High School Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Goondiwindi War Memorial Gates, Goondiwindi St Mary’s Parish Primary School WWII Honour Roll, Talwood War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisioners of War Memorial

View this person’s Service File : DEARDEN, George Frank

NOTES : George was captured and taken as a Prisoner of War and died of illness in a prison camp in Siam (Thailand).

In his early years George attended primary school at St Mary’s Goondiwindi and went on the be a student at the Warwick State High School.

George was married to Corena Ialeen Dearden of Bungunya.

Read about Southern Downs Military History here.