Colin Lawder YOUNG

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Service Number:	SX2035
Enlisted:	6 March 1940, Enlisted at Pt Pirie, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2 August 1920
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouse Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 26 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 20. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Glenelg Town Hall Memorial Book

6 Mar 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, SX2035, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
6 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Sergeant, SX2035, Enlisted at Pt Pirie, SA
6 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX2035, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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