Duncan Arthur ALLAN MID

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Service Numbers:	Q16324, QX52818
Enlisted:	19 June 1941, Caboolture, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1922
Home Town:	Morayfield, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawmill hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 18 December 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caboolture War Memorial

19 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, Q16324, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF, Caboolture, Queensland
20 Jun 1941:	Involvement QX52818
7 Jul 1942:	Promoted Corporal, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF
29 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX52818, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF
29 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Corporal, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1943:	Transferred Corporal, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Joined AIF
17 Apr 1944:	Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1944:	Embarked Sergeant, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Duntroon, Cairns
18 Dec 1944:	Involvement Sergeant, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Bougainville

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