Dennis Richard PROCTOR

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PROCTOR, Dennis Richard

Service Numbers:	NX131621 (N210126), NX131621
Enlisted:	21 October 1942, Transferred from Militia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Merriwa ,New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1913
Home Town:	Fairfield, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Injuries, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row B. Gravesite 10.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial

World War 2 Service

21 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX131621 (N210126), Army Training Units, Transferred from Militia
15 Mar 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX131621, 4 Infantry Battalion AMF, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Dennis Richard PROCTOR (1914-1943)

Dennis Proctor had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora. They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

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