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TRAEGER, Mervyn Colin Conrad

Service Numbers:	SX39071, S57188
Enlisted:	3 August 1943, In The Field, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balaclava, South Australia, Australia , 6 May 1921
Home Town:	Edillilie, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental (Shrapnel wound to chest) , 118 Australian General Hospital, Rabaul, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 2 March 1946, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot D. Row B. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED IT'S WELL'' GOD'S WAYS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cummins War Memorial, Edillilie & District Honor Roll WW2, Rabaul Chapel 26th Infantry Battalion Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

17 May 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 26th Infantry Battalion
3 Aug 1943:	Involvement Private, SX39071
3 Aug 1943:	Involvement Private, S57188
3 Aug 1943:	Enlisted In The Field, SA
3 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX39071
Date unknown:	Involvement

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