Maurice Austin JAMES

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Service Number:	VX33775
Enlisted:	8 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thornbury, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1913
Home Town:	Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hardware Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 26 July 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot R. Row D. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toogoom Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX33775
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX33775, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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