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TAMAT, Billy
Personal Details
| Other Name: | Tamat, Asera - Birth Name |
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| Service Number: | Q304694 |
| Enlisted: | 5 November 1942, Enlisted in Cairns, Queensland, aged 20 years. Next of Kin (Father) Asera, Poid, Moa Is., Torres Strait. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Torres Strait Pioneer Company |
| Born: | Poid, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Poid, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | 5 August 1992, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld PLOT Section B, Subdivision 1, Grave 88 |
| Memorials: | Thursday Island Torres Strait Light Infantry & RSL Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q304694, Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Cairns, Queensland, aged 20 years. Next of Kin (Father) Asera, Poid, Moa Is., Torres Strait. | |
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| 24 Jul 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Torres Strait Pioneer Company, Taken on Strength from TSLIB. | |
| 14 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q304694, Torres Strait Pioneer Company, Discharged on demobilization. |
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