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VICKERS, Douglas Haig

Service Number:	WX4368
Enlisted:	1 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 17 August 1919
Home Town:	South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

1 Jun 1940:	Enlisted WX4368
1 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX4368, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
23 Jun 1945:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX4368, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
14 Jan 1946:	Discharged Lieutenant, WX4368, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
14 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX4368, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX4368, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaign - Borneo (OC 2 Platoon)