William John CALLISS

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Service Number:	SX10523
Enlisted:	3 December 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cummins, South Australia, Australia, 28 June 1907
Home Town:	Kimba, Kimba, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 29 November 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 27. Inscription: "DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kimba WW2 Roll of Honour

3 Dec 1940:	Involvement Private, SX10523, 27th Infantry Battalion
3 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10523, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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