Bengari BENGARI MM

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BENGARI, Bengari

Service Number:	PN427
Enlisted:	1 April 1943
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	3rd New Guinea Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wuwu, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. , 1918
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boss Boy - Bulolo Goldfields
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, PN427, 3rd New Guinea Infantry Battalion
5 Aug 1944:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Maboa of Karavia Bay, New Guinea. On page 13 of his Attestation paper he gave his age as 25 years

24 May 1943 - promoted to Lance Corporal

June-July 1943 - Awarded Military for outstanding courage from Salamaua to Komiayum. London Gazette on 20 January 1944, page 391, position 36. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 December 1943, page 2611, position 53

9 February 1945 - wounded in action. Wound to the right calf

Medals: Military Medal, 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star

6 March 1947 - discharged at Lae

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