David Meldrum HAWKINS

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Service Number:	NX191479
Enlisted:	12 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements
Born:	Corowa, New South Wales, Australia , 8 April 1921
Home Town:	Temora, Temora Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Not known, Waterfall Bay, Rabaul, Papua, 12 March 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot B. Row B. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~"DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS & SISTERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX191479
12 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX191479
12 May 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Heavy Battery Rabaul (Coastal Battery) RAA (Lark Force).

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