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FAIRLIE, Donald Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX3450 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 13 June 1915 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 8 September 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot B3, Row B, Grave 23 Headstone inscription reads: Too dearly loved to be forgotten. Confidence will beat the world, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX3450, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 25 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX3450, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1940: | Embarked Private, SX3450, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for Middle East from Melbourne disembarking on 26 November 1940 | |
| 29 Jan 1942: | Embarked Private, SX3450, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Embarked in the Middle East to return to Australia disembarking on 25 March 1942 | |
| 7 Aug 1942: | Embarked Private, SX3450, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Australia for New Guinea disembarking on 14 August 1942 | |
| 8 Sep 1942: | Involvement Private, SX3450, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Craig Fairlie and Jane Ann Fairlie nee Seccombe of Adelaide, SA
Brother of Leonard Keith Fairlie, Thelma Seccombe Mendelsohn nee Fairlie, Sydney Picard Fairlie, Charles Craig Dalrymple Fairlie and Frederick Hamilton Fairlie
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal
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