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Service Number:	QX53624
Enlisted:	17 January 1943, Glen Innis, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1923
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Petrie Terrace State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer (Brass Foundry)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 3 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot AA. Row B. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Private, QX53624, Glen Innis, New South Wales
17 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX53624, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF
3 Dec 1943:	Involvement Private, QX53624, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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