Roy CRANSTON

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Service Number:	SX16342
Enlisted:	14 January 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 8 June 1906
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 19 January 1943, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 6. Row E. Grave 24. Inscription: "WE WHO LOVED YOU WILL NOT FORGET. MOTHER".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, SX16342, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX16342, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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