Soldier profiles

Name : GEE, GEOFFREY GARNETT
Service Number : NX24183
Date of Birth : 01/06/1900
Place of Birth : COLO, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FOREMAN LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BANKSTOWN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : GEE, NORA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 08/08/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4885214 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Husband of Nora. At enlistment : married. 2 years & 81 days previous military experience. Grey eyes, fair hair.

Service record
29/05/1940 Taken on strength 2/1 Pioneer Battalion Greta, New South Wales.
30/05/1940 Promoted to acting Corporal.
03/09/1940 Appointed acting Sergeant 2/1 Pioneer Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
30/09/1940 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales.
02/11/1940 Disembarked Palestine.
31/12/1940 Acting rank of Sergeant confirmed.
14/06/1941 Promoted to acting Warrant Officer (II) 2/1 Pioneer Battalion Libya.
23/08/1941 Wounded in action with gunshot wound in back Middle East.
24/08/1941 Evacuated to 4 Australian General Hospital with gunshot wound in back and transferred to X list.
27/08/1941 Discharged from 4 Australian General Hospital and returned to unit.
16/09/1941 Rank of Warrant Officer (II) confirmed.
11/12/1941 Transferred from 2/1 Pioneer Battalion to Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/12/1941 Taken on strength Pioneer Training Battalion.
18/02/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Andes.
16/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
22/06/1942 Taken on strength 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales from 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
12/07/1942 Taken on strength Pioneer Training Battalion from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
14/08/1942 Transferred to 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/08/1942 Taken on strength 1 Australian Pioneer Training Battalion.
19/10/1942 Transferred to 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
19/10/1942 Marched into 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales from 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
08/03/1943 Granted leave without pay from 0900 08/03/1943 to 0900 18/03/1943.
27/08/1943 Transferred from 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion to 9 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
21/10/1943 Detached to 4 Australian Infantry Training Brigade.
01/11/1943 Detached to 4 Australian Infantry Training Brigade.