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BOB, Charlie

Other Name:	NGAKYUNKWOKKA, Charlie Bob - Birth Name
Service Number:	Q272379
Enlisted:	13 September 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aurukun, Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1908
Home Town:	Aurukun, Aurukun, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	General Duties
Died:	Illness, Thursday Island, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, 20 April 1945, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Aurukun Mission Cemetery, Queensland Plot 2. Grave 1.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, Q272379
13 Sep 1943:	Enlisted
13 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q272379
20 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q272379, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Poolla Kortankin and Toomtiyan.