Allan Theodore FRENCH

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Service Number:	VX59197
Enlisted:	9 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1916
Home Town:	Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ex Policeman (Victorian Police Force)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 17 June 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot MM. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "DUTY NOBLY DONE... TILL WE MEET AGAIN DARLING...HIS LOVING WIFE SYLVIA"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX59197
9 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX59197, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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