Basil Ian ("Baasil") DELVES

DELVES, Basil Ian

Service Number: NX69775
Enlisted: 11 March 1941, 5th Infantry Training Battalion
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1915
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1979, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

11 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX69775, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
11 Mar 1941: Enlisted Private, NX69775, 5th Infantry Training Battalion
4 Sep 1943: Involvement Lieutenant, NX69775, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
23 Jun 1945: Involvement Lieutenant, NX69775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
8 Jan 1946: Discharged Lieutenant, NX69775, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
8 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX69775, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown: Involvement Lieutenant, NX69775, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaign - BORNEO (C Company, OC 15 Platoon)