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FARRAND, Arthur Albert

Service Number:	NX29436
Enlisted:	8 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gilgandra, NSW, Australia, 14 July 1918
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX29436
21 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
18 Oct 1943:	Wounded Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA at Jivevaneng, New Guinea
25 Sep 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1944:	Discharged Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Due to war injury.
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX29436, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea