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FOKES, Gordon Henry

Service Number:	NX173172
Enlisted:	24 July 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1 June 1924
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Whalan, NSW, Australia, 11 November 1987, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

24 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Private, NX173172
24 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1943:	Involvement Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
10 Jun 1945:	Involvement Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, WIA
12 Jun 1945:	Wounded Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
26 Sep 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1946:	Discharged Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX173172, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA Borneo