Ernest ARCHER

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Service Number:	WX14748
Enlisted:	2 July 1941, Claremont, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collie, Western Australia, Australia, 1 February 1906
Home Town:	Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Yardman
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 11 December 1942, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section C, Plot 5, Row C, Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

2 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Private, WX14748, Claremont, Western Australia
2 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX14748, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
11 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, WX14748, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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