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Malcolm, Harold George



Private Harold "Winks" Malcolm served in the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division with the 2/2 Infantry Battalion, Service No. NX15623, POW No. 3324.

From the AWM website: Arriving in Greece on 22 March, the 2/2nd was soon deployed north to resist the anticipated German invasion. It occupied positions at Veria on 7 April, but a succession of withdrawals by the Allies in Greece meant that the battalion did not meet the enemy in battle until 18 April - at Tempe (Pinios) Gorge. There, in a desperate fight, the 2/2nd blocked German movement through the gorge to permit the safe withdrawal of Allied forces further south. It held its ground until overwhelmed by vastly superior German forces. Some parties from the battalion later managed to rejoin the main withdrawal south, and were eventually evacuated by the Allied navies, while others made epic escapes through the Greek islands. A group of 189 members of the 2/2nd subsequently fought with the 16th Brigade Composite Battalion on Crete.

Harold was born in Taree, NSW on 1 Feb 1917. In 1947 he married Daphne Vivian Witchard. He lived in Sydney and was employed as a storeman. He died in 1992 aged 75. 

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