William John DURNING

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Service Number:	NX93025
Enlisted:	19 March 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1906
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 6 September 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot D. Row C. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "THIS, OUR LOVED ONE HATH DONE, SHALL BE HELD A MEMORIAL OF HIM"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX93025
19 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX93025, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
18 Nov 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion

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