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HARDING, William Charles Norman

Service Number:	WX3085
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cannington, Western Australia, Australia, 9 February 1919
Home Town:	Brunswick Junction, Harvey, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 May 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot TT. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "KEEP HIM, O KING OF KINGS, BENEATH THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brunswick Junction War Memorial, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW2 Fallen

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX3085
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX3085, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
24 Jun 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exceptional Service in the Field.

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