Wilford Gordon NEWELL

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Service Number:	SX15445
Enlisted:	13 December 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Milang, South Australia, Australia , 11 January 1921
Home Town:	Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 19 January 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 18. Inscription: "ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Milang Memorial Gates, Milang Soldiers' Memorial Gardens & Anzac Park

13 Dec 1941:	Involvement Private, SX15445, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
13 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX15445, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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