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CORNWELL, Douglas

Service Number:	VX28672
Enlisted:	24 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1917
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Suicide , 2/1st Australian General Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland Plot B, Row C, Grave 4. Personal Inscription:- "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE FOREVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX28672
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28672, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28672, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank and Sarah Ann Cornwell, of Malvern, Victoria.