Soldier profiles
Name : FAIRBANK, BENJAMIN CLIVE
Service Number : SX29389
Date of Birth : 02/05/1923
Place of Birth : COWELL, SA
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/04/1943
Locality on Enlistment : COWELL, SA
Place of Enlistment : WOODSIDE, SA
Next of Kin : FAIRBANK, ASA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 26/07/1946
Date Died : ??/02/1988
Age at Death : 64
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : COWELL CEMETERY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. PLOT 751.
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 6413075 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone [photo courtesy of P. Kelly], Headstone [photo courtesy of P. Kelly]
Background : Buried 23/02/1988.
