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SCHOTTELIUS, Albert Gordon

Service Number:	SX17847
Enlisted:	5 March 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, 21 October 1908
Home Town:	Coonalpyn, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 3 October 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial

World War 2 Service

5 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, SX17847
5 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
5 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Private, SX17847, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
5 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX17847
Date unknown:	Involvement

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