Gordon Peter HAY

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Service Number:	NX59233
Enlisted:	5 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manilla, Philippine Islands, 3 April 1909
Home Town:	Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 24 November 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 18. Inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX59233
5 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59233, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

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