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VOLTZ, Nigal Spencer

Service Number:	QX45062
Enlisted:	17 December 1941, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 April 1921
Home Town:	Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Meat Worker (Labourer)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot B, Row A, Grave 3. Inscription: "He answered his country's call with flying colours."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

17 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Private, QX45062, Brisbane, Queensland
17 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX45062, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF
10 Sep 1943:	Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1943:	Involvement Sergeant, QX45062, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Lawrence Christopher VOLTZ & Amy Elizabeth Gordon (nee-KNIGHT) VOLTZ.