William Clive HAWKINS

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Service Number:	SX12542
Enlisted:	3 May 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cookes Plains, South Australia, Australia, 6 March 1921
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder's Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 23 November 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 5. Row C. Grave17. Inscription: "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge War Memorial WW2

3 May 1941:	Involvement Private, SX12542, 27th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12542, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement
Date unknown:	Involvement

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