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Service Number:	NGN322
Enlisted:	4 May 1944
Last Rank:	Pata (PNG - Private)
Last Unit:	1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bugaram village, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea,, 1918
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plantation Worker, New Ireland
Died:	Killed in Action, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 14 February 1945
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot W. Row A. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NGN322, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion
4 May 1944:	Enlisted NGN322
14 Feb 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Pata (PNG - Private), NGN322, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, shot by Japanese soldiers at VuVu, Waragoi area, East New Britian Providence.

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