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Service Number:	QX7343
Enlisted:	1 May 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1912
Home Town:	Annerley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 18 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 1. Inscription: "HIS GALLANT SPIRIT LIVES ON".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 May 1940:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, QX7343, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
1 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX7343, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1940:	Involvement Private, QX7343
18 Dec 1942:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, QX7343, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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