James Howard CHATAWAY

CHATAWAY, James Howard

Service Number: QX8039
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX8039
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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