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FARRALL, Gustavous Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX57947 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mywee, Victoria, Australia, 21 November 1915 |
| Home Town: | Springvale, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 June 1945, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery HH B 13, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX57947 | |
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| 18 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX57947, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adrian Jones
Son of Ralph Llewelyn Francis and Ethel Esther Maria Farrall; husband of Fannie Doris Farrall, of Clunes, Victoria.
KILLED IN ACTION AT WEWAK
Pte G. R. Farrall, husband of Mrs Fannie Farrall, of Clunes, was killed in action at Wewak on June 29. He had served for more than four years in the AIF in the Middle East, Darwin, and New Guinea. Before enlisting Pte Farrall was in the employ of D W. Chandler (Melbourne), and lived with his wife and two sons at Springvale. His parents, Mr and Mrs R. L. F. Farrall, live at Burwood.