Philip John ACRES

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Service Number:	NX16098
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1905
Home Town:	Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 September 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot B, Row B, Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HE FOUGHT AND DIED IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corrimal War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX16098
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX16098, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1943:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX16098, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
12 Sep 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX16098, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Papua.

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