MCGAVIN, Alan Stewart Denzil James
| Service Number: | VX14106 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Calcutta, India, 25 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St. Edmunds College, Hertfordshire, UK & Duntroon Military College, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 28 November 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C5, Row F, Grave 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX14106 | |
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| 6 May 1940: | Enlisted VX14106, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 May 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant | |
| 10 Oct 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain | |
| 28 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, VX14106, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alan Stewart Denzil James McGAVIN was born in Calcutta, India on 25th July, 1920
His parents were Alan Eugene Cecil McGAVIN & Hazel Harriet Mary BAIN who married in Deolali, India on 9th March, 1919
He attended Duntroon Military College and joined the CMF (SN 449030) before enlisting on 6th May, 1940
Alan was Killed in Action in Papua on 28th November, 1941
His headstone reads:
"He died for us
Our 'Chummy"
and his beloved England"
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His brother Peter McGAVIN (SN VX24412) also served during WW2 in the 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion and was discharged on 15th September, 1945
His mother Harriet Mary Hazel BAIN served as a Staff Nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service before her marriage in 1919
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