Arthur George CROFT

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Service Number:	NX200978
Enlisted:	8 May 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 February 1916
Home Town:	Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Died Of Wounds, New Guinea, 9 January 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX200978
8 May 1943:	Enlisted Private, NX200978, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX200978, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX200978, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked at Port Moresby on 4th Nov 1943.
9 Jan 1944:	Involvement Private, NX200978, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, DOW
9 Jan 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX200978, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, D.O.W.

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