William Henry REINKE

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Service Number:	SX1746
Enlisted:	19 February 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blyth, South Australia, Australia , 15 August 1919
Home Town:	Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 21 January 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot ~ Plot A8. Row E. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "MARY, QUEEN OF HEAVEN, PRAY FOR HIM. R.I.P."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook WW2 Memorial, Narridy and District Honour Roll

19 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX1746, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
19 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX1746, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1942:	Involvement Corporal, SX1746, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2
21 Jan 1943:	Involvement Corporal, SX1746, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, SX1746, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk

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