Archie Graham (Graham) MALE

MALE, Archie Graham

Service Number: WX11972
Enlisted: 29 April 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dorset, England, 29 August 1911
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Hale School
Occupation: labourer
Died: Accidental, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Col 93,
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Three Springs War Memorial, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX11972
29 Apr 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11972, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin

Archie, known as Graham, was the third of four children. His father Archie was the Mayor of Broome, WA; he died in 1922 aged 45 (see obituary: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/260938035). Both of his brothers (Theodore and Thomas) also enlisted in WWII; neither served overseas.