Brian Joseph CUMMIN

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Service Number:	VX108897
Enlisted:	16 September 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1923
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Busu River, New Guinea, 13 September 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot D. Row A. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX108897
16 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX108897
9 Aug 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/4th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron

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