Arthur Edward GRASSBY

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Service Numbers:	V17866, VX70493
Enlisted:	25 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ormond, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1925
Home Town:	Yarra Junction, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawmill Hand
Died:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia , 28 January 2020, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria
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25 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V17866, CMF.
25 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70493
16 Mar 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 39th Infantry Battalion
16 Mar 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70493, 39th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Melbourne on SS Taroona. Disembarked at Port Moresby on 26 March 1942.
15 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70493, 39th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua
5 Sep 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70493, 39th Infantry Battalion, R.T.A. from Port Moresby on 2/1 Aust. Hosp. Ship [SS Manunda] to disembark in Brisbane. Then entrained back to 3MD Victoria.
3 Nov 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70493

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