Kevin John MCCONNELL

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Service Numbers:	SX20516, S33825
Enlisted:	25 July 1942, Springbank, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia , 13 November 1922
Home Town:	Sanderston, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 21 January 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row B. Grave 24. Inscription: "IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT, WE WHO LOVED YOU NEVER FORGET".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cambrai and District Roll of Honour , Mount Pleasant District WW2 Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant War Memorial, Sanderston Memorial and Flagpole

25 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, SX20516, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, S33825, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Springbank, SA
25 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20516, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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