Eric William HANEL

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Service Number:	VX139774
Enlisted:	4 April 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1922
Home Town:	Wodonga, Wodonga, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 28 August 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot Q. Row D. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "HE FOUGHT AND DIED IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX139774
4 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX139774, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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