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SCHLEIN, Douglas Archibald

Service Number:	SX9319
Enlisted:	20 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Lobethal, South Australia, 26 January 1920
Home Town:	Athelstone, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Syria, 26 June 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria PLOT Q. 114.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX9319, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Adelaide, SA
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX9319
7 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, SX9319, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter
26 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, SX9319, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter, KIA

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