Eric John BAHR

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Service Number:	V220096
Enlisted:	21 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Jeparit, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1919
Home Town:	Meringur, Millewa, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farming (Farm Labourer)
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 13 August 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section B, Plot 5, Row B, Grave 18. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE A LOVING SON AND BROTHER EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Karween, Meringur & Morkalla WW2 Roll of Honour, Werrimull Millewa Service Men and Women War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, V220096
21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V220096, 7 Infantry Battalion AMF

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