Laurence HENNESSY

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Service Number:	SX4296
Enlisted:	3 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, Australia, 18 September 1916
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 20. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE HE DIED THAT WE SHOULD LIVE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booleroo Centre War Memorial, Peterborough & District Town Hall Honour Board WW2 Enlistments, Peterborough War Memorial, Peterborough War Memorial Grove

3 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX4296, 27th Infantry Battalion
3 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4296, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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