Mervyn George HOLLAND

HOLLAND, Mervyn George

Service Number: QX24077
Enlisted: 15 October 1941, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Burren Junction, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1916
Home Town: Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 7 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Town of Roma & Shire of Bungil WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

15 Oct 1941: Enlisted Private, QX24077, Toowoomba, Queensland
15 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX24077, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Oct 1941: Involvement Private, QX24077, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
7 Dec 1942: Involvement Lance Corporal, QX24077, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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Biography

"...QX24077 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn George Holland, 49 Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW. He was a station hand prior to enlisting in October 1941. L/Cpl Holland was killed in action in Papua on 7 December 1942. He was 26 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)