Lester George PETT MM

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Service Number:	NX5337
Enlisted:	25 October 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1914
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter / Dairy Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 6 November 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 13. Inscription: YOU'LL SEE HIS NAME IN DAZZLING WHITENESS AND BESIDE IT GOD'S, "WELL DONE! "
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX5337
25 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX5337, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
31 Jan 1943:	Honoured Military Medal

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