Horace Henry BEAMES

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Service Numbers:	S33352, SX15054
Enlisted:	24 October 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stone Hut, South Australia, Australia., 3 January 1922
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot 1A. Row A. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta Christ Church Memorial Altar, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Stone Hut Honour Roll WW2

24 Oct 1940:	Involvement Private, S33352
24 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Gladstone, SA
24 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S33352
3 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 Nov 1941:	Involvement Private, SX15054, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX15054
8 Jan 1942:	Discharged
24 Jul 1949:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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