David Walter DEVANEY

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Service Numbers:	QX23705, Q42152
Enlisted:	21 February 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1912
Home Town:	Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawyer / Benchman (Sawmill)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 December 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot E. Row C. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Samford War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX23705
21 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX23705
15 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX23705, 41 Field Training Battery, Toowoomba, Queensland
21 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q42152, 3rd and 4th Training Brigades, Brisbane, Queensland
2 Aug 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
8 Dec 1943:	Enlisted

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