Archie Henry CRELLIN

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Service Number:	WX20131
Enlisted:	16 October 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia., 24 February 1917
Home Town:	Redcliffe, Belmont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bus Driver / Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 3 July 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...A NOBLE FRIEND AND A LOVING SON"
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Denmark War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement WX20131
16 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX20131
7 Apr 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/5th Independent Company / Commando Squadron

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