Reginald Lewis DRAPER

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Service Number:	WX25053
Enlisted:	27 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	York, Western Australia, 24 June 1918
Home Town:	Balkuling, Beverley, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Plot Number ~ Plot B. Row A. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "UNTIL THE MORNING BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW2, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, York and District WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX25053
27 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX25053, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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