Arthur Leslie DEW

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Service Number:	VX143579
Enlisted:	10 June 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1923
Home Town:	Mangoplah, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Leaving School Certificate
Occupation:	Farmer (Shearing and Farming)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 10 April 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot M. Row A. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mangoplah & District WW2 Roll of Honour, Preston 57/60th Honour Roll, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX143579
13 Sep 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
10 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143579

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