Francis WALLINGER

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Service Number:	WX10771
Enlisted:	15 January 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia, 24 May 1912
Home Town:	Narrikup, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tractor and Truck Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 4 November 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot EE, Row C, Grave 16. Inscription: "His duty fearlessly and nobly done, ever remembered."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Mount Barker & District Honour Roll WW2, Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX10771, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
15 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10771, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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