Douglas George BOURNE

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Service Number:	VX144828
Enlisted:	6 September 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., 21 October 1918
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	South Melbourne Technical School. Victoria, Australia (3yrs)
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 December 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Location Registration Document~ Plot 1A. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "SOME DAY I WILL UNDERSTAND".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newborough Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX144828
6 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX144828
18 Dec 1999:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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