Walter Stanley NEAR

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Service Number:	21444
Enlisted:	9 March 1937
Last Rank:	Petty Officer
Last Unit:	HMAS Birchgrove Park
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 25 August 1920
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milk Carter
Died:	Burns, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 12 October 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 28. Row C. Grave 15. Inscription: "DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Mar 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 21444
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 21444
12 Oct 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 21444, HMAS Birchgrove Park, Died on this date from burns.

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