LEE, Vernon Craigmile
| Service Number: | VX72000 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Staff of A McPherson and Son |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 January 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby War Memorial Port Moresby, New Guinea -Panel 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah & District War Memorial Hospital, Numurkah Saluting Their Service Mural, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX72000 | |
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| 14 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX72000, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold Acastor Lee and Marion Ada Lee, of Numurkah, Victoria.
Peter Lee Killed In Action
Yesterday Mrs Harold Lee received word that her elder son Peter had been killed in action in New Guinea on January 19. Peter before his enlistment, was in the employ of Messrs A. McPherson and Son, and was well known here, where he spent the whole of his boyhood. His father (Mr Harold Lee) was, with his three brothers, among the first to enlist in the last war and he returned with the rank of sergeant. On the outbreak of the present war he volunteered for duty, and has been on active service at Victorian stations ever since. The sympathy of their many friends will go out to Mr and Mrs Lee in the loss of a brave son, their solace being that he died bravely in the defence of his country.
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