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FAIRWEATHER, Walter Laing Henry

Service Number:	VX137522
Enlisted:	16 February 1943
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Dundee, Scotland, 21 September 1923
Home Town:	Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 April 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot L. Row A. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS LIFE A CHERISHED MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX137522
16 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX137522, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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