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Service Number:	NGN888
Enlisted:	3 October 1944
Last Rank:	Pata (PNG - Private)
Last Unit:	2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chang Riwa village, Sepik District, New Guinea, 1915
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plantation Hand 13 years at Wiku Plantation.
Died:	Died of wounds, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 16 August 1945
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot RR. Row A. Grave 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NGN888, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion
3 Oct 1944:	Enlisted NGN888
12 Oct 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1945:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), NGN888, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, GSW - Right Arm and Right Chest.
16 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), NGN888, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion, D.O.W.

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