Oliver LONGSTAFF

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Other Name:	Longstaff, Oliver Michael
Service Numbers:	V41624, VX68928
Enlisted:	23 January 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Elsternwick, City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1920
Home Town:	Glen Huntly, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Meter Maker)
Died:	Killed in Action , New Guinea, 19 December 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot PP. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "WE WHO LOVED YOU WILL NEVER FORGET"
Memorials:

23 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V41624
19 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX68928, 6th Training Battalion (AIF), Armadale, Victoria
3 Sep 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V41624

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