Noel Alexander HUGHES

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Service Number:	VX91729
Enlisted:	18 March 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackburn, Victoria, Australia, 17 November 1921
Home Town:	Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Electrical Fitter
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 9 December 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot FF. Row D. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "WE HAVE YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS GOD HAS YOU IN HIS CARE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX91729
18 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX91729, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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