Jack Harold ABNETT

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Service Numbers:	N33120, NX148969
Enlisted:	28 January 1939, Orange, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1916
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubber Worker / Orchardist
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 11 May 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot QQ Row A, Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "JACK... DEARLY LOVED & MISSED BY PARENTS, BROTHERS & SISTERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board

28 Jan 1939:	Enlisted Private, N33120, Orange, New South Wales
3 Nov 1942:	Involvement Private, NX148969, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Gin Gin, Western Australia
3 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX148969, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
11 May 1945:	Involvement Private, NX148969, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea
13 May 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX148969, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds at Aitape, Papua.

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Other Service Number N33120

2/4 Battalion

Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Abnett, of Orange, New South Wales.

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal