Edward James ("Slim") WALMSLEY

WALMSLEY, Edward James

Service Number: NX60374
Enlisted: 18 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gunning, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1910
Died: Killed in Action, Jivevaneng, New Guinea, 29 October 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Cemetery/memorial reference: CC. B. 14., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunning Saint Edmund's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Yass Methodist Circuit WW2 Roll of Honour, Yass WW2 Honour Roll

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX60374
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, NX60374, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX60374, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, NX60374, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942: Involvement Private, NX60374, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
29 Oct 1943: Involvement Private, NX60374, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA

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