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ORPHIN, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 71269 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Mobile Works Squadrons |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1921 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Morotai Island, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 22 July 1945, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 71269 | |
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| 13 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 71269, Mobile Works Squadrons | |
| 13 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 71269, No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron |
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