Alex (Sandy) COGILL

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Service Numbers:	QX33806, Q149496
Enlisted:	20 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Born:	Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 4 September 1914
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer / Storeman
Died:	Suicide, New Guinea, 6 June 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 27. Inscription: "IN REMEMBRANCE OF ONE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX33806
20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX33806
20 Apr 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q149496, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, Enlisted in A.M.F. Brisbane, Queensland
6 Jun 1944:	Discharged
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX33806

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