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MCKENNA, Hector Alexander

Service Numbers:	VX33891, VX12523
Enlisted:	19 April 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 5 August 1916
Home Town:	Yarrawonga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Transport Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 December 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot CC. Row A. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX33891
19 Apr 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX12523, Enlistment terminated after Court of Inquiry established Private McKenna had enlisted twice, Service Number VX12523 terminated, and details transferred to VX33891.
19 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX12523, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Caulfield, Victoria
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX33891, 6th Training Battalion, Royal Park, Victoria
7 Jan 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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