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DUNNE, Francis Joseph Benedict

Service Number:	VX48276
Enlisted:	8 August 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charlton, Victoria, Australia, 9 March 1911
Home Town:	Tongala, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 November 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot AA. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyabram & District Memorial Community Hospital Honour Roll, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Kyabram Memorial Walkway

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX48276
8 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX48276, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Victoria
16 Jul 1942:	Honoured Military Medal, El Alamein, Courage, great initiative & coolness, Tel- Eisa.
31 Oct 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion

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