Charles Henry YEO

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Service Number:	WX6539
Enlisted:	16 July 1940, Allotted to General Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia, 15 September 1912
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 4 October 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 12. Inscription: "A LOVING SON, TRUE & KIND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6539, Allotted to General Reinforcements
4 Jul 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6539, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua

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