Francis Charles DYER

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Service Number:	SX12260
Enlisted:	16 April 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 25 January 1919
Home Town:	Gilberton, Walkerville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 10 September 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 21. Inscription: "A DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Geranium War Memorial, Lameroo Oval Memorial Gates, Manna Hill & District Roll of Honor

16 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, SX12260, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
16 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
16 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12260, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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