Hubert Leo EGAN

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Service Number:	VX59445
Enlisted:	14 July 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1918
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Electrical Course at Melbourne Tech, Diploma from The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Victoria
Occupation:	Radio Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 21 July 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot S. Row A. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "AS THE WHEELS OF TIME REVOLVE THOUGHTS OF SWEET REMEMBRANCE"
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX59445
14 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX59445
19 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX59445, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, Embarked Townsville aboard SS Taroona and disembarked Port Morseby on 21st January 1943.

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