Colin Spencer KIRK MC

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Service Number:	QX3817
Enlisted:	18 November 1939
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1915
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk, Bank of New South Wales
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 1 January 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row D. Grave 20. Inscription: "THY WILL BE DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement QX3817
18 Nov 1939:	Enlisted
18 Nov 1939:	Enlisted QX3817, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1943:	Discharged
31 May 1943:	Honoured Military Cross, Awarded in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Southwest Pacific Area.

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Captain Kirk was on the staff of the Bank of New South Wales at different branches throughout the State.