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EATON, David Oliver
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX8021 |
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Enlisted: | 5 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 18 October 1913 |
Home Town: | Claremont, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Factory Hand employed by Cadbury, Fry Pascelles, Claremont, Tasmania |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "AT REST...HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX8021 | |
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5 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX8021, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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