Murray SMITH

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Service Numbers:	S51747, SX27529
Enlisted:	14 December 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Croydon, SA, 16 October 1923
Home Town:	Upper Sturt, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 18 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery His name is commemorated on Panel No.2 in the Lae Memorial., Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial, Upper Sturt and District Roll of Honour WW1 WW2

14 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, SX27529, 27th Infantry Battalion
14 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, S51747, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
14 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
14 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX27529, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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