Colin James ANDERSON

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Service Numbers:	NX85899, NX85899
Enlisted:	27 January 1942, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1911
Home Town:	Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 2 October 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot S. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX85899, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
27 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales
27 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX85899, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX85899, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Died from gunshot wound to loin, New Guinea.

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2/13 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Francis Seymour Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson, of Ballina, New South Wales