Virtual War Memorial | Claude Nelson ("George") FURNER

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FURNER, Claude Nelson

Service Number:	NX41466
Enlisted:	30 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blayney, NSW, Australia, 23 November 1919
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia, 29 July 2000, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX41466
30 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX41466, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1942:	Wounded Private, NX41466, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Multiple shell wounds
3 Jul 1943:	Discharged Private, NX41466, Posting at discharge - Refts 2/3 Bn
3 Jul 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX41466, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX41466, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein

Nickname "George" from death notice (Ryerson)