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Service Number:	V240541
Enlisted:	30 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Marnoo, Victoria, Australia., 24 May 1916
Home Town:	Marnoo, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Marnoo State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer.
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 December 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot 1A. Row B. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marnoo State School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, V240541
30 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240541
10 Apr 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Royal Australian Army Service Corps
5 May 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37th Infantry Battalion
21 Dec 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
15 Feb 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240541, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Brisbane for Papua. Disembarked at Milne Bay on 25 Feb 1943.
22 Sep 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240541, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
8 Dec 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240541, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, K.I.A.

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