Donald Pepler DAY

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Service Number:	WX9248
Enlisted:	30 October 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mellesham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 28 January 1910
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer / Stonemason
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row D. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "OUR DADDY..TREASURED MEMORIES DARLING"
Memorials:	Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX9248
30 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX9248, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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