James SHANAHAN MID

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Service Number:	NX7173
Enlisted:	30 October 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia , 1 February 1912
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 2 March 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot GG. Row D. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "BONUM CERTAMEN CERTAVI; CURSUM CONSUMMA VI; FIDEN SERVAVI" (I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith).
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX7173
30 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX7173, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
16 Nov 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Distinguished Service in the Southwest Pacific Area.

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