Jeremiah BABIA

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Service Number:	Q85344
Enlisted:	21 September 1942, Saibai Island, Qld.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion
Born:	Saibai Island, Queensland, Australia, 1916
Home Town:	Saibai Island, Torres Strait, Queensland
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	18 August 1991, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered

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21 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q85344, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Saibai Island, Qld.
16 Jan 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Embarked Thursday Island with the Reconnaissance Liaison Detachment (RLD) unit, disembarking at Merauke, Papua New Guinea. This was the first of 4 embarkments while posted with RLD.
13 Aug 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Transfer to HQ Mer Area - From April 1944, HQ Merauke Area had been officially absorbed into HQ 11 Inf Bde. This was the first of 2 embarkments while posted to HQ Mer Area.
19 Nov 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Transferred to TSLIB.
20 Dec 1945:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Auth 3011/60
12 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, Q85344, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Discharged on demobilization.

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