Harvey Roy KIRBY

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Service Numbers:	S54932, SX20030
Enlisted:	17 November 1941, Waikerie, South Australia
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 3 February 1923
Home Town:	Torrens Park, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Suicide, New Guinea, 9 November 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot 1B. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S54932, Waikerie, South Australia
19 Jun 1942:	Involvement Signalman, SX20030
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Urrbrae, SA
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20030
24 Oct 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX20030

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