Gerald HEILY

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Service Number:	V129092
Enlisted:	20 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Catering Corps
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1921
Home Town:	Buln Buln, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Forestry Employee
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 9 December 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot 1A. Row A. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS DEAR SOUL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buln Buln Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, V129092
20 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V129092
15 Feb 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
5 Jul 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Army Catering Corps , Transferred to AACC,still attached to 37/52 Australian Infantry Battalion

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Son of George Digby Heily and Anne Monica Heily, of Buln Buln, Victoria.

MAY THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS DEAR SOUL