Joseph Michael WISE

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Service Numbers:	VX30549, VX30549
Enlisted:	6 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1914
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dispatch Clerk
Died:	Illness, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 19 February 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row B. Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "SAFE IN GOD'S CARE IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX30549
6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30549, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
19 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30549, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Died cause of death not stated on military service record.

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