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ANDERSON, Lawrence

Service Number:	N15289
Enlisted:	18 May 1937
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1916
Home Town:	Aberdare, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 13 December 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot IB. Row B. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Non Warlike Service

18 May 1937:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N15289

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, N15289
25 Jan 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N15289, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in action, New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N15289, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF

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