Robert Thomas BOON

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Service Number:	SX5919
Enlisted:	20 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1919
Home Town:	Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 29 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B, Plot 6, Row A, Grave 4 - B6.A.4. Inscription: "Duty nobly done. R.I.P."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX5919, 27th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX5919, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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