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STEVENS, Alexander James

Service Numbers:	NX112944, N223340
Enlisted:	12 June 1941, Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2 Mountain Battery
Born:	Milverton, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, 1 February 1910
Home Town:	Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Employee, Post Office, Bondi Junction
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 16 December 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Site: Plot S. Row D. Grave 8. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX112944
12 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N223340, Randwick, New South Wales
7 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX112944
9 Sep 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2 Mountain Battery, Transferred from the Australian Military Forces (AMF) to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) with the service number NX112944. Assigned to the 2nd Mountain Battery, he died in the Mess Hunt explosion on 16th December 1943.

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