James Garfield GOWER

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Service Number:	SX7148
Enlisted:	29 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mannum, South Australia, Australia, 23 November 1914
Home Town:	Birdwood (formerly Blumberg), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot B. Row D. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birdwood Pictorial Honour Roll WWII, Birdwood WW1 & WW2 Soldier's Memorial, Birdwood WW1 & WW2 Soldier's Memorial, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW2 Honour Board

29 Jun 1940:	Involvement Corporal, SX7148, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX7148, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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