Walter Norman JEWELL

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Service Number:	QX27269
Enlisted:	14 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia, 4 September 1906
Home Town:	Mount Perry, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died as a result of gunshot wounds to the left thigh, Gabmatzung, Papua New Guinea., 18 September 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot C, Row B, Grave 7. Personal Inscription:- "LEAD KINDLY LIGHT".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Perry Shire of Perry Roll of Honour WW2, Mount Perry War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX27269, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted
14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX27269, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
18 Sep 1943:	Discharged

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