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BRUFORD, Alexander Peter Romilly

Service Number:	VX60359
Enlisted:	29 August 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia., 16 August 1922
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laboratory Assistant
Died:	Injuries (accidental discharge of weapon) , New Guinea, 24 July 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot G. Row D. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE".
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ringwood Country Roads Board WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX60359
29 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX60359
26 May 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/5th Independent Company / Commando Squadron

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