Ernest George SCRIVEN

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Service Number:	SX11825
Enlisted:	18 March 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 13 February 1915
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 9 September 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 25. Inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11825, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
18 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
18 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11825, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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