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BRETT, Lance
Personal Details
| Other Name: | Brett, Lance Herbert James - Listing on CWGC |
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| Service Number: | TX3028 |
| Enlisted: | 3 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia., 9 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Cerebral Malaria, New Guinea, 14 October 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot G. Row D. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cressy War Memorial, Longford War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, TX3028 | |
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| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3028 | |
| 23 Jan 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/9th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Herbert Brett and Catherine Matilda ( nee Casey ) Brett married in Tasmania.
Wife: - Edna May Button (married in Tasmania), of Launceston, Tasmania.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
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