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LAPU, Lapu
Personal Details
Service Number: | NGN479 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NGN479, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion | |
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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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