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FARRAND, Ernest Walter

Service Number:	NX23060
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inverell, NSW, Australia, 1 September 1916
Home Town:	Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Sydney, NSW, Australia, 6 March 1973, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

30 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX23060
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX23060
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX23060, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
25 Oct 1942:	Wounded Private, NX23060, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, L foot amputation following G.S.W.
10 Nov 1942:	Involvement Private, NX23060, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
20 Mar 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX23060
20 Mar 1944:	Discharged Private, NX23060, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Due to war injuries.
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX23060, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein

Nickname "Boy" from Ryerson's death notice.