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METCALF, Octavius George
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX70579 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1942, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 13 October 1913 |
Home Town: | Tolmie, Mansfield, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 January 1944, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot 1B. Row B. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. ." |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX70579 | |
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3 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70579, 6th Training Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
11 May 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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