David Ernest ALLAN

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Service Number:	NX14250
Enlisted:	7 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1917
Home Town:	Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Gulgong Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Laborer
Died:	Lung cancer, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, November 1959
Cemetery:	Lithgow General Cemetery, Bowenfels, New South Wales
Memorials:

7 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14250, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
30 Aug 1940:	Embarked Sydney to Middle East (42 days on ship).
7 Jun 1941:	Involvement 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter
18 Jun 1941:	Wounded Syria - Operation Exporter
7 Feb 1942:	Embarked Middle East to Australia (42 days on ship).
31 Aug 1942:	Embarked Brisbane to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
9 Sep 1942:	Involvement 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua
30 Dec 1942:	Embarked Port Moresby to Brisbane, Australia.
29 Mar 1943:	Transferred AMF Anti Aircraft units / Elements WW2, Sydney (1943) & Darwin (1944)
11 Apr 1944:	Transferred 2 Advanced Ordnance Depot
27 Dec 1944:	Embarked Townsville to Lae, Papua New Guinea.
30 Dec 1944:	Transferred 4 Advanced Ordnance Depot
28 Aug 1945:	Embarked Lae to Townsville, Australia.
16 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14250, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion

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