Lapu LAPU

LAPU, Lapu

Service Number: NGN479
Enlisted: 6 June 1944
Last Rank: Pata (PNG - Private)
Last Unit: 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
Born: Marraramu Village, Siass District, New Guinea, 1918
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Employed in Rabaul, 8 years
Died: Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, 27 June 1944
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot RR. Row B. Grave 13.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement NGN479, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1944: Enlisted NGN479
6 Jun 1944: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), NGN479, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Siassi, District, New Guinea

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