William Henry KING

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Service Number:	VX91633
Enlisted:	8 March 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Vicroria, Australia, 11 July 1914
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Munitions worker
Memorials:

8 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Private, VX91633
10 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX91633, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
9 Jan 1944:	Wounded Private, VX91633, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA (G.S.W. Rt thigh)
8 Mar 1946:	Discharged Private, VX91633, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, In Victoria
28 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX91633, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, VX91633, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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WIA New Guinea

- Pte W.M. King was wounded in action during a 2/17 Bn "B" Company assault on enemy Japanese defensive positions near the Buri River.

- Source publication: "What We Have .. We Hold - A History of 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion", p.280.