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HOOD, Dugald Roderick

Service Numbers:	NX4757, 4757
Enlisted:	26 October 1939, Enlisted in Cooma, NSW, Australia.
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1914
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Danmap River, Lae, New Guinea, 27 January 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery HOOD, Lance Sergeant, DUGALD RODERICK, NX4757. A.I.F. 2/3 Bn. Australian Infantry. 27th January 1945. Age 30. Son of Alexander and Edith Amy Hood; husband of Ina Alice Hood, of Marrickville, New South Wales. LL. B. 7., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, NX4757

Malaysia / Indonesia Confrontation Service

26 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Lance Sergeant, 4757, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Cooma, NSW, Australia.

World War 2 Service

26 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, NX4757, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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