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CANNAM, Duncan William Inkersole

Service Number:	VX70522
Enlisted:	3 January 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Newstead, Victoria, Australia, , 31 August 1907
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Library Assistant (Librarian, Professional Staff of Pubic Library, Victoria)
Died:	Accidental (Struck by air borne cargo), Skindewai, New Guinea, 27 February 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row B. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "WITH PLAIN HEROIC MAGNITUDE OF MIND".
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, VX70522
3 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX70522
2 Oct 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 2nd/7th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron

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