Roy Edwin PORTER

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Service Number:	SX9872
Enlisted:	30 July 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Booleroo, South Australia, Australia, 8 April 1918
Home Town:	Wayville, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Farming)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 23 November 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 8. Row F. Grave 9. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE YOUR LOVING DAD, MOTHER AND BARBARA".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booborowie Leighton WW2 Roll of Honour

30 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, SX9872, 27th Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9872, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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