George Tim DEWHURST

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Service Numbers:	NX168962, N446579
Enlisted:	31 December 1942, Mobilized TOS
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1913
Home Town:	Barrengarry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Cutter
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 5 April 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot KK. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX168962
31 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N446579, Mobilized TOS
21 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX168962, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
12 May 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, TOS from 2ARTB
19 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX168962, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, Cairns, QLD per "Jane Adams", disembarked Aitape, New Guinea
2 Apr 1945:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX168962, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, GSW Upper Abdomen
5 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX168962, DOW

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