Joseph Taylor TROTTER

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Service Number:	NX81723
Enlisted:	2 January 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU)
Born:	Leitrim, County Galway, Ireland, 18 October 1904
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Prison Officer
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 17 June 1944, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 20. Inscription: "THE SPRIG OF SHILLELAGH"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, NX81723, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
2 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, NX81723
17 Jun 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), Killed from injuries sustained when the truck he was a passenger in went over an embankment and overturned.

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