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MERCER, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX190459, N229901 |
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Enlisted: | 30 January 1942, Kingsford, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2 Mountain Battery |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1911 |
Home Town: | Kingsford, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Certificate of Entry (Secondary School) |
Occupation: | Salesman, H. Small & Co, Chocolates Manufactor |
Died: | Injuries (Mess Hut Explosion), New Guinea, 16 December 1943, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot T. Row A. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY LOVING WIFE, SON RON & MOTHER" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX190459 | |
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30 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N229901, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Kingsford, New South Wales | |
8 Dec 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX190459 | |
1 May 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2 Mountain Battery |
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