Earl Ernest BOXALL

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Service Number:	SX17223
Enlisted:	9 February 1942
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Commando Squadron
Born:	Pearce, Western Australia, 21 July 1918
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 21 September 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot C. Row B. Grave 5. Personal Inscription~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...LOVED BY ALL"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Hospital Memorial Rose Garden, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial

9 Feb 1942:	Involvement Trooper, SX17223
9 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
9 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17223
16 Jul 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, 2nd/6th Commando Squadron
Date unknown:	Involvement

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