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LAYTON, Geoffrey Thomas Kingdon

Service Number:	VX70203
Enlisted:	30 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Field Regiment
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 12 December 1922
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Injuries (Fuel explosion), New Guinea, 21 March 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot PP. Row B. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "IN GOD'S TENDER CARE... HE FOUGHT AND DIED IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, VX70203
30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70203, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment

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