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AESCHLIMANN, Ernest Christopher

Service Number:	V38231
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 Burial Reference ~ Section C, Plot 5, Row D, Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, V38231
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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