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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, Brunswick Junction and District Honour Roll WW2, Kings Park Western Australia State 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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