Edward Riland FARRELLY

FARRELLY, Edward Riland

Service Number: N353361
Enlisted: 4 March 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1916
Home Town: Cumnock, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling: Victorian State School System
Occupation: Rabbit Trapper / Market Gardening
Died: Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 17 August 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot P. Row A. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "REST IN PEACE...HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, N353361
4 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N353361, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography

Parents were Patrick James Farrelly and Mabel Mary (nee Farrell)