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FOWERAKER, Austin Clarence

Service Number:	WX6434
Enlisted:	16 July 1940, Claremont, WA, Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 May 1911
Home Town:	Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Superintendent (Assurance Society)
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua New Guinea, 5 December 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Grave Location: A6. D. 18. Roll of Honour: Mt Lawley, Western Australia.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, WX6434, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-6, 8)
16 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, WX6434, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-6, 8)
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX6434, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX6434, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, Claremont, WA, Australia
30 Aug 1940:	Promoted Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, (NAA, Pg-6)
13 Feb 1941:	Promoted Lance Sergeant, 1st Infantry Training Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8)
18 Feb 1941:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, WX6434, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8)
18 Feb 1941:	Transferred Lieutenant, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8)
5 Mar 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8)

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