Desmond Grimley KING

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Service Number:	NX8754
Enlisted:	11 December 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Roseville, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1917
Home Town:	Gordon, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student (Engineering) - University of Sydney
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 October 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 11. Inscription: "ELDEST SON OF RALPH AND MYRA KING OF SYDNEY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kokoda Track Memorial Rose Garden, Wahroonga Knox Grammar School Old Boys' War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX8754
11 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX8754, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

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