Gordon Lawson DONOVAN

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Service Number:	QX12423
Enlisted:	22 July 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1913
Home Town:	Kunwarara, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 September 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Plot No.~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...WE WHO LOVE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX12423
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX12423, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1943:	Discharged

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