Howard Edwin HOLLAND

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Service Number:	WX5725
Enlisted:	22 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia, 9 March 1916
Home Town:	Wagerup, Waroona, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer /Worker and Shearer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 7 August 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot J. Row C. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED SON OF MRS. E. HOLLAND, WAGERUP, WEST AUSTRALIA"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burekup War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Waroona Hamel RSL Honour Board, Yarloop Cookernup Wagerup Honor Roll, Yarloop War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX5725
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5725, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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