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Service Number:	PN471
Enlisted:	18 March 1943
Last Rank:	Pata (PNG - Private)
Last Unit:	1 Papuan Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kurum village, Madang District, New Guinea, 1917
Home Town:	Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Worker at Copra Plantation, Kavieana.
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua New Guinea, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 2 December 1943
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot RR. Row A. Grave 8.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Private, PN471, 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion, Papua New Guinea
18 Mar 1943:	Enlisted PN471
2 Dec 1943:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, PN471, 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
2 Dec 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), PN471, 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds.

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