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CHIDGZEY, George Vernon Robert

Service Number:	WX604
Enlisted:	9 November 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 13 November 1917
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Insurance Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, Aitape, New Guinea, 15 May 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot HH. Row A. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT... LOVED AND RESPECTED BY HIS FELLOWS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgetown War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX604
9 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX604, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1942:	Honoured British Empire Medal, Battle of Crete

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