David Charles NEWMAN

David Charles NEWMAN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	NX34412
Enlisted:	17 June 1941
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment
Born:	Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1920
Home Town:	Panania, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate of Entry, Secondary / High School
Occupation:	Offsider on truck
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 23 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot T. Row D. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HE SLEEPETH WELL, DUTY NOBLY DONE A SOLDIER & A MAN"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX34412
17 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34412
23 Jan 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment

Help us honour David Charles Newman's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.