Corporal George Edlin

Service number VNZ233068
Final Rank Corporal
Units
  • Services Reconnaissance Department
  • Z Special Unit
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Corporal George R. Edlin was one of 22 New Zealanders seconded to Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He was recuited at Trentham Army Camp, New Zealand in 1944 and trained in Australia on Fraser Island, Qld. He served as a signaller in Borneo on operation Semut 1 in 1945.