Jack HANSEN

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Service Number:	NX27031
Enlisted:	21 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1918
Home Town:	Botany, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 22 September 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE. Row B. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX27031
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
22 Sep 1943:	Involvement Corporal, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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