George BETRO

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Service Number:	SX10118
Enlisted:	9 August 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 1 June 1907
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 28 December 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B, Plot 1, Row E, Grave 22. Inscription: "He responded to his country's call, gave his best, his life, his all."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Aug 1940:	Involvement Private, SX10118, 27th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
9 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10118, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
28 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Died of scrub typhus, New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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