Rex Gilbert SWAN

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Service Number:	S7709
Enlisted:	7 December 1939, Pt Pirie, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Port Germain, South Australia, Australia , 30 April 1919
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 21 May 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 4. Row E. Grave 27. Inscription: "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED. EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Port Pirie Garden of Memory War Cemetery Memorial

7 Dec 1939:	Involvement Private, S7709
7 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Pt Pirie, SA
7 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S7709, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
21 May 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 24 Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown:	Involvement

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