Jeffrey Donald FORBES

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Service Number:	VX146780
Enlisted:	27 June 1944
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Redcliffs, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1925
Home Town:	Yatpool, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Station Hand
Died:	Accidental , New Britain, Pacific Islands, 5 July 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Location Grave Reference ~ Plot F, Row C, Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Red Cliffs War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX146780
27 Jun 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX146780
11 Dec 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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