Lancelot Robert WALSH

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Service Number:	VX24578
Enlisted:	20 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1920
Home Town:	Bright, Alpine, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boiler Attendant
Died:	Suicide, New Guinea, 20 June 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot QQ, Row C, Grave 9. Inscription: "His duty fearlessly and nobly done, ever remembered."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bright Memorial Clock Tower

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, VX24578
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX24578
20 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE, Died from self-inflicted wound to forehead, Aitape, New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX24578
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX24578

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