George Francis BLAKE

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Service Number:	VX15835
Enlisted:	15 March 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mywee, Victoria, Australia., 1 July 1910
Home Town:	Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer / Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 23 August 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot P. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deniliquin War Memorial, Mathoura War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX15835
15 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX15835, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion

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