Herbert Arthur ANDREW

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Service Number:	VX103987
Enlisted:	23 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1918
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mattress Maker
Died:	Illness (Scrub typhus), New Guinea, 22 October 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot C. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY HIS MOTHER, FATHER, AUNTIE & FIANCEE MAVIS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX103987
23 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX103987, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
22 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX103987, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Cause of death scrub typhus.

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