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FIELD, Francis William

Service Number:	NX23122
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, NSW, Australia, 5 May 1904
Home Town:	Wongarbon, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cowra, NSW, Australia, 15 May 1986, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

30 May 1940:	Enlisted NX23122
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX23122
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement NX23122, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
22 Jun 1943:	Discharged Corporal, NX23122, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
22 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX23122
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, NX23122, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein