William John BUCKETT

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Service Number:	NX46796
Enlisted:	16 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1916
Home Town:	Woodlawn, Lismore, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died Of Wounds, Jivevaneng, New Guinea, 27 October 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: U. A. 4., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore Terania Shire Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX46796
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX46796, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX46796, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Tel el Eisa & El Alamein campaigns.
27 Oct 1943:	Involvement Private, NX46796, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, DOW at Jivevaneng, New Guinea.

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Pte William John Buckett served with the 2/17 Bn in the Tel el Eisa, El Alamein and Lae campaigns before DOW at Jivevaneng, New Guinea.