Jeffrey Rex HOBBS

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Service Number:	SX14282
Enlisted:	30 August 1941, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ceduna, South Australia, 8 March 1922
Home Town:	Coorabie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmhand
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 4 December 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference ~ Plot C5. Row A. Grave 25.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour, Coorabie WW2 Honour Roll, Coorabie War Memorial

30 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Private, SX14282, Wayville, South Australia
30 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14282, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
4 Dec 1942:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SX14282, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
Date unknown:	Involvement

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