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Service Number:	VX112186
Enlisted:	24 July 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 28 March 1915
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 July 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot R. Row D. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "ALWAYS LOVED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX112186
24 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX112186, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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