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GRONO, Frank Walter
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | N84447, NX200427 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Smithfield, New South Wales, 31 July 1917 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Lae, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
6 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, N84447 | |
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6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted N84447 | |
2 Apr 1943: | Involvement Private, NX200427, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
2 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX200427, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
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"GRONO.- September 14, 1943: Killed in action, New Guinea, NX200427, Private Frank Walter, dearly loved son of the late Frank Grono and Mrs. E. Grono, of Barbara St., Fairfield, and brother of Marge, Bill (A.I.F.) and Percy (P.O.W.), aged 26 years.
"The Supreme Sacrifice." - from the Fairfield Biz 21 Oct 1943 (nla.gov.au)