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PRIEST, Harold William Vernon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX58646 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 April 1907 |
| Home Town: | Phillip Bay, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Jivevaneng, New Guinea, 28 October 1943, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: AA. B. 7., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX58646 | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted NX58646 | |
| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX58646, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1941: | Involvement NX58646, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk | |
| 23 Oct 1942: | Involvement NX58646, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
| 28 Oct 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX58646, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale
"The enemy targetted listening posts on Jivevaneng FDL's by infiltration and sneak sniper attacks. These tactics achieved some success and casualties were sustained mainly when the posts were being relieved. On 27 and 28 Oct, 8 Pl A Coy had a soldier killed each day in those circumstances."
[Source publication: "A History of 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-45"]