Lance BRETT

BRETT, Lance

Service Number: TX3028
Enlisted: 3 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
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
Plot G, Row D, Grave 16.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cressy War Memorial, Longford War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sapper, TX3028
3 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3028

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Biography 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