Frederick John DEANE

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Service Number:	NX85280
Enlisted:	22 January 1942
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1 Mountain Battery
Born:	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1918
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milk Carter
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), New Guinea, 4 November 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 6. Inscription: "A LIFE NOBLY GIVEN. SADLY MISSED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX85280
22 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX85280
4 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 1 Mountain Battery, Accidentally drowned after falling off a horse while swimming. (Possibly struck in the head by horse's hoof or head)

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