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COVER, Arthur Robert

Service Number:	QX5991
Enlisted:	8 June 1940, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 27 May 1919
Home Town:	Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 18 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 22. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pittsworth WW2 Honour Dead Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX5991
8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5991, 1st Training Battalion (AIF), Toowoomba, Queensland
18 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Papua.

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

George James Cover and Mary McGregor Cook married 12th September 1900 in Queensland.