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DALE, Harold

Service Number:	WX9492
Enlisted:	4 December 1940, Enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hull, England, United Kingdom, 2 January 1917
Home Town:	Penola, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 24 May 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot QQ. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "WITHOUT A FAREWELL YOU FELL ASLEEP WITH ONLY A MEMORY FOR ME TO KEEP"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgetown War Memorial, Fairbridge War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX9492
4 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX9492, Enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia
4 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9492, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
24 May 1945:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9492, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Died of wounds, gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edith Crampton of, Goole Yorkshire, England