George William BIRCH

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Service Number:	NX14856
Enlisted:	14 May 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1917
Home Town:	Aberdeen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea., 16 September 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row A. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "FOR THE PAST, REMEMBRANCE"
Memorials:	Aberdeen WW2 and Post WW2 Conflicts Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX14856
14 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX14856, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
16 Sep 1943:	Involvement Corporal, NX14856, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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