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MORTER, Francis Howchin
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX16560 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
20 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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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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