Lewis John LEE

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Service Number:	VX37208
Enlisted:	12 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 5 March 1914
Home Town:	Woorinen, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tractor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 June 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot MM. Row A. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX37208
12 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37208
26 May 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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