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FOLEY, James

Service Number:	NX9682
Enlisted:	3 January 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, NSW, Australia, 29 October 1918
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX9682, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX9682
21 Jan 1941:	Wounded Private, NX9682, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
29 Oct 1942:	Wounded Private, NX9682, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Bullet wounds to both legs
16 Jul 1945:	Discharged Private, NX9682, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX9682, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX9682, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein