Ian Neil CANN

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Service Numbers:	V310939, VX82210
Enlisted:	14 January 1942, Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia,, 31 December 1924
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sheet metal worker/Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 13 September 1943, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot C. Row C. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "OUR HERO, HE DIED FOR US. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Private, V310939, Brunswick, Victoria
28 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, VX82210
28 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX82210, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
5 Nov 1942:	Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1943:	Wounded Private, VX82210, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, GSW (lower jaw)

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