Colin Francis NASH

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Service Number:	NX46963
Enlisted:	18 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 1919
Home Town:	West Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder's Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 16 October 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot BB. Row C. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX46963
18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX46963, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46963, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX46963, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX46963, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
16 Oct 1943:	Involvement Private, NX46963, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA

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