Arthur Cyril DEAN

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Service Number:	SX2643
Enlisted:	16 May 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Parkside, South Australia, 26 June 1915
Home Town:	Millswood, City of Unley, South Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 8 August 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Panel 5, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

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16 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX2643, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wayville, South Australia
16 May 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
16 May 1940:	Involvement Captain, SX2643
16 May 1940:	Enlisted SX2643, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
20 May 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
2 Jul 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred to 39th Battalion and appointed to C Company at Kokoda
Date unknown:	Involvement

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