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ELFORD, Raymond Horace

Service Number:	NX26687
Enlisted:	3 June 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1914
Home Town:	Currabubula, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1991, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
3 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX26687
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX26687, 17th Field Company RAE AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
10 Jun 1945:	Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
13 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
13 Mar 1946:	Discharged Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea