Francis Keven LAPIDGE

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Service Number:	SX4974
Enlisted:	10 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pinnaroo, South Australia, Australia, 3 June 1920
Home Town:	Mulcra, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Farming)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 23 November 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 5. Row D. Grave 1. Inscription: "LOVED IN LIFE HONOURED IN DEATH".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pinnaroo War Memorial

10 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX4974, 27th Infantry Battalion
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4974, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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