Francis Howchin MORTER

MORTER, Francis Howchin

Service Number: SX16560
Enlisted: 20 January 1942, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Brigade (2/AIF)
Born: North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11 January 1921
Home Town: Wayville, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Apprentice Compositor.
Died: Killed in Action, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 13 April 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
(CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot F. Row D. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVING SON OF MARY AND HOWCHIN MORTER. REQUIESCAT IN PACE".
Memorials: Adelaide SA Government Printing Office WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooke Plains Honour Roll, Cooke Plains WW2 Memorial Tennis Courts
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World War 2 Service

20 Jan 1942: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX16560, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
15 Aug 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Brigade (2/AIF)

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