Edward Colborne (Ted) BABER

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BABER, Edward Colborne

Service Number:	NX6612
Enlisted:	5 May 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 12 November 1912
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Boy's High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Buyer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 September 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot D, Row H, Grave 9
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX6612
5 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX6612, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
1 Apr 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion
11 Sep 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX6612, 24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Edward Colborne BABER was born in Sydney, NSW on 12th November, 1912

His parents were Richard Colborne Orchard BABER & Edith STUTTER who married in England in 1908

He married Edna Laura SMITH in Sydney in 1936

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His father Richard Colborne Orchard BABER (SN N61064) served during WW2 in the Australian Army Provost Corp as a Captain and was discharged on 30th January, 1944

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