Thomas Ivan HIXON

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Service Number:	Q36638
Enlisted:	23 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 29 October 1917
Home Town:	Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waterside Worker
Died:	Injuries, New Guinea, 11 June 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 22. Inscription: "NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, Q36638
23 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q36638, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted
11 Jun 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q36638, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, Discharged by death: - Died from 2nd degree burns caused by exploding petrol fumes New Guinea.

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