Lester Eugene MCGOWN

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Service Numbers:	VX143795, V37999
Enlisted:	12 June 1941, Yarram, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarram, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1921
Home Town:	Jack River, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Scrub Typhus, New Guinea, 3 January 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot CC. Row D. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED SON OF JAMES AND MYRTLE McGOWN. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarram WW2 Memorial Pillars

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX143795
12 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V37999, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF, Yarram, Victoria.
22 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143795, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF
22 Jul 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Called up to full time duties and allocated AIF number VX143795

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