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ANDERSON, Clarence John Thomas

Service Number:	NX16022
Enlisted:	21 May 1940, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mascot, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1918
Home Town:	Canley Vale, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sheet Metal Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 10 October 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE, Row B, Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE, IS NOT TO DIE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

21 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX16022, Paddington, New South Wales
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX16022, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1942:	Wounded NX16022, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
10 Oct 1943:	Involvement Corporal, NX16022, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
10 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX16022, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds, New Guinea.

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