Lindsay Compson (Wacker) DAW

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Service Number:	SX4751
Enlisted:	8 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 25 February 1919
Home Town:	Toorak Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peter's College, Hackney, South Australia
Occupation:	Jackaroo / Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 10 October 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot E. Row B. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Naracoorte War Memorial, Penola Memorial Walk

8 Jun 1940:	Involvement Corporal, SX4751, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX4751, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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