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VINCENT, Eric Herbert

Service Number:	NX34618
Enlisted:	18 June 1940, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1915
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 7 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot C, Row C, Grave 9 Roll of Honour - North Sydney, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX34618, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX34618, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX34618, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX34618, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
10 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, NX34618, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
7 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX34618, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn "B" Company Signaller.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Alfred and Ethel Maud Vincent of North Sydney