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BACK, Ernest Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX22369 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | McKinlay, McKinlay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 October 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Burial reference: - Plot E. Row C. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX22369 | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 23 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX22369, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Sydney Ernest Walkley Back and Eva Maud Wilson, (1910 in Sydney, New South Wales) of Bexley, New South Wales.
He died that we may live. We will see him again beyond the sunset and the night yon. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord. May the perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Love your Daughter Sandra.
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