Mervyn Henry ILLMAN

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Service Number:	SX4248
Enlisted:	5 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, Australia, 22 April 1918
Home Town:	Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 24. Inscription: "A SMILING FACE A HEART OF GOLD".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Roll of Honour WW2

5 Jun 1940:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SX4248, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX4248, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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