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Service Number:	S463
Enlisted:	23 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Garrison Battalion (Vic)
Born:	Hay, New South Wales, 12 May 1898
Home Town:	Loveday, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Barmera, South Australia, 17 June 1960, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section E; Row D; Plot 12
Memorials:

23 Aug 1940:	Involvement Private, S463
23 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
23 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S463, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic)
5 Apr 1944:	Discharged
5 Apr 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S463, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic)

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Married to Alice Devon Annie Best.

23/8/1940 Enlisted at Loveday South Australia (place of enlistment Keswick SA)

5/4/1944 Discharged as Private in 3 Garrison Battalion

Buried with wife Alice Devon Annie Best
(d. 13/6/1997 83yrs, last lived at Bonney Lodge, Barmera, SA).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.

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