Earl James ARROW

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Service Number:	NX191455
Enlisted:	23 April 1941, Recruiting Depot New South Wales
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Lark Force
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1922
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Factory Hand
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Panel 4, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes RSL Roll of Honour, Parkes Remembrance Walk, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX191455
23 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Recruiting Depot New South Wales
23 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX191455
28 Apr 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Lark Force, AA & A MIL LANDING CRAFT DEPOT

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A/A and A Mil. Landing Craft Defence (Rabaul).

Rank - Gunner

Son of Tasman John and Josephine Arrow, of Tichborne, New South Wales.