Graeme Peter PHILIP

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Service Number:	VX79963
Enlisted:	20 May 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Signals
Born:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1922
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Telephone Operator
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, New Guinea, 2 December 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot M. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "FOR AUSTRALIA.. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX79963
20 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX79963
9 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Lines of Communication Signals, 18 Lines of Communication Signals

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