William George BATES

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Service Number:	WX27060
Enlisted:	18 January 1941
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Artillery Regiment
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1 March 1921
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cerebral Malaria , Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 23 September 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot B. Row C. Grave 1. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY NOBLY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, WX27060
18 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27060
23 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, WX27060, 2nd/3rd Artillery Regiment , Died from illness.

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