Robert PAINE MID

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Service Number:	SX3086
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kadina, South Australia, Australia, 16 January 1918
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 October 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot E. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters - St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, St Peters All Souls Anglican Church Stained Glass Window WW2, St Peters Heroes War Memorial

21 May 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX3086, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX3086, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
14 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant
26 Oct 1944:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exceptional services in the field, New Guinea
Date unknown:	Involvement

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