Norman Jack LAUNER

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LAUNER, Norman Jack

Service Numbers:	SX38799, S31224
Enlisted:	5 March 1941, Only called up to Full-Time Duty (F.T.D.) on 28 October, 1942.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 18 May 1919
Home Town:	Evandale, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver and Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 June 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) Roll of Honour, Cairns - 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Robertstown Peace Hall Roll of Honor WW2, Korea & Vietnam

World War 2 Service

5 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Only called up to Full-Time Duty (F.T.D.) on 28 October, 1942.
28 Jan 1943:	Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Evacuated to 32 Camp Hospital with Fibrositis Back.
20 Jun 1944:	Embarked 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Cairns to Thursday Island. Arrived on 24 June, 1944.
6 Dec 1944:	Embarked 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Brisbane per 'Seasnipe' to Bougainville.
5 Feb 1945:	Involvement Lance Corporal, S31224
5 Feb 1945:	Enlisted
5 Feb 1945:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX38799, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
5 Feb 1945:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SX38799
11 Feb 1945:	Wounded SX38799, Wounded in buttocks in Bougainville.

World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1945:	Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Minnie Launer; husband of Olive Ellen Launer, of St. Peters, South Australia.

Biography contributed by Samuel Doering

Launer, Norman J., L.-Cpl., SX38799. —In loving memory of Norm, killed at Bougainville on June 9. 1945. He was not spared to share the peace, in which he helped to save: but we remember him a hero, and treasure the life he gave. Ever remembered by his loving mother, step-father and step-sisters, Eva, Shirley and Lorna Lloyd, of Tothill Belt. S. Aust.

Recorded in The Advertiser, 10 June, 1947, on Page 16. (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35980910)

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