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MAHER, Laurence Vivian

Service Numbers:	NX116309, 2/400095, 2400095
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia , 13 December 1921
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Korea, 26 October 1950, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Laurence Maher was originally interred at Pyongyang Cemetery, Portion 1 Plot and Row 4 Grave No.38. He was reinterred in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in 1951.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

World War 2 Service

25 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, NX116309, 2nd/13th Field Ambulance

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Private, 2/400095, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
28 Sep 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2400095

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