Charles Henry HOPE

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Service Number:	VX35977
Enlisted:	4 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1914
Home Town:	Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barber (Hairdresser)
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 22 June 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot S. Row C. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON FOR EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Fairy St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honor WW2, Port Fairy War Memorial, Port Fairy War Memorial (New)

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX35977
4 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35977, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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