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HITCHCOCK, Arthur James Jeffery

Service Numbers:	SX12421, SX16965
Enlisted:	26 April 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kapunda, South Australia, Australia, 20 May 1919
Home Town:	Colonel Light Gardens, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Certificate of Entry (High School)
Occupation:	Insurance Agent
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 12 August 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot MM. Row A. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY. . .MAY HE REST IN PEACE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colonel Light Gardens St Therese Catholic Church - Stations of the Cross

World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, SX12421
26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12421
26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
18 Aug 1941:	Discharged
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX16965, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
31 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, SX16965
Date unknown:	Involvement

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