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Service Numbers:	VX142232, V325659
Enlisted:	7 October 1941, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 6 March 1923
Home Town:	Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Primary Final Certificate
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot 1B. Row C. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "LEST WE FORGET"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Holbrook War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX142232
7 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V325659, 29th Infantry Battalion, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
7 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX142232
7 Apr 1943:	Transferred Corporal, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred to AIF and allocated number VX142232

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