Cyril George ANTHONY

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Service Number:	VX74338
Enlisted:	2 February 1942, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1916
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea , 8 December 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot JJ. Row B. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED HUSBAND OF MADGE AND FATHER OF GRAHAM".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall

2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Private, VX74338, Caulfield, Victoria
2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX74338, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
8 Dec 1943:	Involvement Private, VX74338, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
8 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX74338, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action New Guinea.

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