Richard Edgar (Dirkie) BLIGHT

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Service Number:	WX14135
Enlisted:	11 June 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 29 May 1916
Home Town:	North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 19 October 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot CC. Row D. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS, RICHARD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leonora Honour Roll, Leonora Road Board District Roll of Honor, Leonora War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX14135
11 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX14135, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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