Brian Blake APSEY

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APSEY, Brian Blake

Service Number:	NX28346
Enlisted:	4 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Private Hospital, Belmont Rd, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1922
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not known
Occupation:	Motor Truck Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 December 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section B, Plot 5, Row E, Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "FOR ALWAYS LOVED AND REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

4 Jun 1940:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX28346, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
4 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX28346
4 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX28346, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Brian Blake APSEY was born on 27th June, 1922 in Mosman, Sydney, NSW although he stated on his war records he was born in 1920

His parents were Edward Herbert APSEY & Dorothy Helen Eddington BLAKE who married at Christ Church, St Kilda, Victoria on 14th January, 1920

His father Edward served for 4 years in WW1 (SN1113) & returned to Australia in 1919 and his grandfather Edward Henry ( SN 1655) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917

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