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Service Number:	NX73624
Enlisted:	3 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1920
Home Town:	Brighton-Le-Sands, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Paint Maker/ Tinter
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 22 January 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot F. Row D. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "A SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR ALL HE LOVED IN LIFE, ALSO HIS KING & COUNTRY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX73624
3 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73624, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion

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