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KIRBY, William Lindsay

Service Numbers:	TX8100, 6/400006, 6400006
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Sorrell Creek, Tasmania, Australia , 9 August 1923
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Korea, 5 November 1950, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Lance Corporal Kirby was originally interred at Sukchon Cemetery. Portion 2 Plot and Row 3 Grave No.31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Korean Grove, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

28 Aug 1941:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, TX8100, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6/400006, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
28 Sep 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 6400006

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