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PALMER, Joseph Francis

Service Number:	SX719
Enlisted:	26 October 1939, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, QLD, 3 June 1919
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 26 August 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A2 A 22, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

26 Oct 1939:	Involvement Private, SX719, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
26 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
26 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX719, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph and Augusta Frances Palmer, of East Geelong, Victoria