Clem Sydney KUCHEL MID

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Service Number:	SX13444
Enlisted:	28 June 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia, 21 February 1922
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Mobilong School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand (Sheep and dairy farming)
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 24 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot T. Row D. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "TRUE TO COUNTRY, KING AND MATES. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge Pictorial Honour Roll KIA WW2 & Vietnam

28 Jun 1941:	Involvement Corporal, SX13444, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
28 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
28 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX13444, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
26 Oct 1944:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exceptional services in the field, New Guinea
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Clem Sydney KUCHEL was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia on 21st February, 1922

His parents were Heinrich Benjamin KUCHEL & Alwine Alma JAENSCH

He engaged in farming with his father at 'The Bluff'