Edwin Raymond GALPIN

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Service Number:	S11407
Enlisted:	25 July 1940, Kensington, SA
Last Rank:	Bombadier
Last Unit:	13 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24 August 1919
Home Town:	Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 1 June 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 6. Inscription: "FORGET ME NOT WHEREVER THOU SHALT BE I'LL ALWAYS THINK OF THEE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Jul 1940:	Involvement Bombardier, S11407
25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Kensington, SA
25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, S11407, 13 Field Regiment AMF
1 Jun 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 13 Field Regiment AMF, Died of septicaemia New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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