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HANSEN, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX27031 |
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| 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 |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Finschhafen, New Guinea, 22 September 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: EE. B. 6., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NX27031 | |
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| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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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