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Service Number:	SX2979
Enlisted:	20 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5 August 1918
Home Town:	Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 18 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row C. Grave 14. Inscription: "HE DIED AS HE LIVED - A HERO".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victor Harbor WW2 Roll of Honour

20 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX2979
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2979, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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