James Raymond MCCOURT

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Service Numbers:	SX20033, S77385
Enlisted:	9 July 1942, Tanunda, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beltana, South Australia, Australia , 3 March 1915
Home Town:	Beltana, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 21 January 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row B. Grave 21. Inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beltana WW2 Roll of Honour

9 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, SX20033, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, S77385, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Tanunda, SA
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20033, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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