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DEWAR, Reg
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX7410 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia, 1915 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, New Guinea, 7 January 1945 |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery PP C 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX7410, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX7410, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Feb 1941: | Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jan 1945: | Involvement Lieutenant, WX7410, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Amanda Fernando
"...WX7410 Lieutenant Reg Dewar of Cottesloe, WA. A printer before enlisting in the Second AIF in August 1940, Lt Dewar served in the 2/11 Battalion in the Middle East and Pacific campaigns. He was killed in action at Niap, east of the Danmap River, New Guinea, on 7 January 1945, age 30." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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