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WATEGO, Vincent

Service Numbers:	NX47877, NX47877
Enlisted:	4 September 1940, Newcastle, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buderim, Queensland, Australia, 21 December 1914
Home Town:	Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Musician
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 21 August 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Plot A 11, Row E, Grave 17,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Byron Bay Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

4 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX47877, Newcastle, New South Wales
4 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47877, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47877, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Sydney for M.E. Disembarked in M.E. on 31 July 1941.
31 Jul 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47877, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
21 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, NX47877, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
21 Aug 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47877, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Murray and Mary Jane Watego, of Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

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