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AESCHLIMANN, Ernest Christopher
Personal Details
Service Number: | V38231 |
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Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 39 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua , 8 December 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot: C5. D. 11, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, V38231 | |
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3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V38231, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria, Australia | |
3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V38231, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
1 Dec 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
27 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V38231, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Sydney bound for Port Moresby. | |
30 Nov 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V38231, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua | |
8 Dec 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V38231, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, K.I.A. |
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