Walter Leslie GUMM

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Service Numbers:	NX118279, N264103
Enlisted:	23 October 1941, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1922
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Technical School (Boot Trade)
Occupation:	Finisher, Boot Trade employed by National Boot Company
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 6 February 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot K. Row A. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "DUTY NOBLY DONE... DEARLY LOVED SADLY MISSED BY DAD, MUM AND SISTERS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX118279
23 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N264103, 18th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales.
3 Oct 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to AIF and allocated army number NX118279.

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