Thomas Ignatius DOWD

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Service Number:	NX4827
Enlisted:	20 October 1939
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1917
Home Town:	Port Kembla, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Crane Attendant, Iron Works, Port Kembla)
Died:	Malaria M T (“malignant tertian”) and Pneumonia , New Guinea, 9 May 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Plot Number ~ Plot J. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY HE REST IN PEACE. AMEN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra and District War Memorial WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NX4827
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX4827, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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