Corporal, Australian Army Age: 23. SX9488.
He was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Studio portrait of SX9488 Private (Pte) Eric Leonard Montgomerie, 2/48 Battalion, from Wirrula, SA. Pte Montgomerie enlisted at Adelaide on 22nd July 1940, aged 21. Promoted Corporal, he was later killed in the Battle of El Alamein on 31 October 1942. The battalion lost 199 officers and men killed or wounded of the 292 engaged in the night attack.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Wirrulla SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Spottiswoode Montgomerie and Jessie Beatrice Montgomerie, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
Father William Spottiswoode Montgomerie (1885-1967)
Mother Jessie Beatrice Nottage (1886-9.9.1948) Adelaide SA
He was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Studio portrait of SX9488 Private (Pte) Eric Leonard Montgomerie, 2/48 Battalion, from Wirrula, SA. Pte Montgomerie enlisted at Adelaide on 22nd July 1940, aged 21. Promoted Corporal, he was later killed in the Battle of El Alamein on 31 October 1942. The battalion lost 199 officers and men killed or wounded of the 292 engaged in the night attack.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Wirrulla SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Spottiswoode Montgomerie and Jessie Beatrice Montgomerie, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
Father William Spottiswoode Montgomerie (1885-1967)
Mother Jessie Beatrice Nottage (1886-9.9.1948) Adelaide SA
Corporal, Australian Army Age: 23. SX9488.
He was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Studio portrait of SX9488 Private (Pte) Eric Leonard Montgomerie, 2/48 Battalion, from Wirrula, SA. Pte Montgomerie enlisted at Adelaide on 22nd July 1940, aged 21. Promoted Corporal, he was later killed in the Battle of El Alamein on 31 October 1942. The battalion lost 199 officers and men killed or wounded of the 292 engaged in the night attack.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Wirrulla SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Spottiswoode Montgomerie and Jessie Beatrice Montgomerie, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
Father William Spottiswoode Montgomerie (1885-1967)
Mother Jessie Beatrice Nottage (1886-9.9.1948) Adelaide SA
He was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Studio portrait of SX9488 Private (Pte) Eric Leonard Montgomerie, 2/48 Battalion, from Wirrula, SA. Pte Montgomerie enlisted at Adelaide on 22nd July 1940, aged 21. Promoted Corporal, he was later killed in the Battle of El Alamein on 31 October 1942. The battalion lost 199 officers and men killed or wounded of the 292 engaged in the night attack.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Wirrulla SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Spottiswoode Montgomerie and Jessie Beatrice Montgomerie, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
Father William Spottiswoode Montgomerie (1885-1967)
Mother Jessie Beatrice Nottage (1886-9.9.1948) Adelaide SA
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