Roy Stanley HOLDER

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Service Number:	NX77843
Enlisted:	10 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney - New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1919
Home Town:	Milsons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died Of Wounds, New Guinea, 17 October 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE. Row A. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX77843
10 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX77843
10 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX77843, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX77843, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
17 Oct 1943:	Wounded Private, NX77843, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Pte Roy Stanley Holder of "D" Company was mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper near Jivevaneng.

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