David Edward MCKINLAY

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Service Numbers:	QX34029, QX34029 (Q33664), Q33664
Enlisted:	2 December 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	42 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Comet, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1913
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 August 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot R. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "AS LONG AS LIFE & MEMORY LASTS, I WILL REMEMBER YOU, DAVID...EUPHONY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX34029, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q33664 - FTD 2/12/1941?
2 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX34029 (Q33664), 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
2 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX34029, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
28 Aug 1943:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q33664, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, FTD 2/12/1941? - also QX34029

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