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HOWARD, James Richard

Service Number:	NX79577
Enlisted:	20 December 1941
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1914
Home Town:	Brighton-Le-Sands, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia, 28 October 1971, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

20 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX79577
20 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX79577
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX79577, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
16 Nov 1945:	Discharged Driver, NX79577, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
16 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX79577
Date unknown:	Involvement Driver, NX79577, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea