Philip Cardo DODS MID

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Service Number:	VX36409
Enlisted:	6 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 6 June 1918
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer (Apprentice Printing)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 January 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Plot Location ~ Plot G. Row D. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX36409
6 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX36409
17 May 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
26 Dec 1941:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battle of Crete, Distinguished Service in Middle East.

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