Thomas LAWRENCE

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Service Number:	QX40685
Enlisted:	17 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 19 April 1913
Home Town:	Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Maryborough State High School, Kent Street, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Cane Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 August 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot Q. Row D. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED IN LIFE, HONOURED IN DEATH, HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2, Tiaro War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX40685
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
29 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX40685
12 Jul 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 47th Infantry Battalion

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