Walter Leslie EMERSON

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Service Number:	VX35002
Enlisted:	2 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1919
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tobacco Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 February 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot G. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX35002
2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35002
10 Nov 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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