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Service Number:	SX19186
Enlisted:	25 February 1943, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bute, South Australia, Australia , 12 July 1914
Home Town:	Beachport, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Wounds, New Guinea, 17 January 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot LL. Row C. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Feb 1943:	Involvement Private, SX19186
25 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
25 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX19186, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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