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Service Number:	NGN52
Enlisted:	31 March 1944
Last Rank:	Pata (PNG - Private)
Last Unit:	1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tasita Village, District of New Ireland, Territory of Papua, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	House Boy
Died:	Died of wounds, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 3 January 1945, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NGN52, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1944:	Enlisted NGN52
31 Mar 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), NGN52, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Lai, Territory of New Guinea.

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