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TAIT, Reginald Alexander

Service Number:	NX17246
Enlisted:	24 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1916
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Deckhand
Died:	1 July 1986, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246
19 Oct 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, From Sydney.
25 Nov 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Disembarks in the Middle East.
21 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Cairns per SS ‘Bontekoe’.
27 Dec 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked from SS ‘Bontekoe’ in Aitape, New Guinea.
17 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked in Wewak per HMAS ‘Manoora’.
25 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked in Sydney.
25 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17246

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