Francis Joseph MCCABE

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Service Number:	NX125761
Enlisted:	18 August 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1918
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate of Entry, Secondary School
Occupation:	Labourer / Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 2 March 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot KK. Row A. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "FOR GOD AND COUNTRY...SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NX125761
18 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX125761, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

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