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CARVER, Francis Connell

Service Numbers:	QX58981, Q102979
Enlisted:	11 December 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1922
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 31 December 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 24. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. MAY HE REST IN PEACE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX58981
11 Dec 1941:	Enlisted
11 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX58981, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF
14 Jan 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q102979, 15th Training Battalion (AIF), Transferred to AIF and allocated service number QX58981.
4 Sep 1943:	Honoured Military Medal, Outstanding courage and whilst in contact with the enemy on Scout's Ridge, Salamaua, New Guinea.
31 Dec 1944:	Discharged
31 Dec 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Bougainville, New Guinea.

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