David Isaac BLOK

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Service Number:	68497
Enlisted:	5 August 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Radar Stations (RAAF)
Born:	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia., 16 July 1924
Home Town:	Dural, The Hills Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newcastle Boys High School, Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Insurance Clerk, South British Insurance Co. Ltd. Sydney, New South Wales.
Died:	Scrub Typhus and Pneumonia, New Guinea, 23 January 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot CC. Row D. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "THE SON OF A METHODIST MINISTER HE LIVED AND DIED FOR OTHERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 68497
5 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 68497, Air and Ground Radio School
28 Sep 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Radar Stations (RAAF), 338 Radar Station, Long Island, New Guinea.

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Leading Aircraftman David Isaac Blok 68497 of 338 Radar Station based on Long Island became ill and died at Dregar, New Guinea