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CHATAWAY, James Howard
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX8039 |
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Enlisted: | 20 May 1940, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2/5th Company Australian Army Service Corps |
Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1917 |
Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Packer / Shop Assistant (unemployed at time of enlistment) |
Died: | Scrub typhus, New Guinea, 10 May 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot LL. Row B. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Mackay Rats of Tobruk Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX8039 | |
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20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX8039, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
22 Apr 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2/5th Company Australian Army Service Corps |
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