Frank Wesley PIGGIN

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Service Number:	WX13508
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leicester, England, United Kingdom, 16 April 1903
Home Town:	Trayning, Trayning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 17 August 1943, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot S. Row A. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "A DUTY NOBLY DONE PRO PATRIA"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Trayning War Memorial

24 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13508, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
17 Aug 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13508, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, KIlled in Action on this day.

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