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LOVELL, Frank Kenneth
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | V54269, VX23475, VX 23475 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1916 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Blackburn South, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 2005, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Eucalypt, Garden 1, Wall N, Niche 13S |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 27 Sep 1939: | Enlisted V54269 | |
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| 20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX23475, Royal Australian Signals Corps, Left Sydney at 0730 hours on the RMS Queen Mary. Stopped in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and changed to the S.S. Slamat. Arrived in Colombo 14 Jan 1941. | |
| 23 Jan 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Signals Training Battalion | |
| 25 Feb 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa | |
| 23 Oct 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
| 1 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX 23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, NIEUW Amsterdam brought him to Australia and arrived on 19 Feb. | |
| 4 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, From Cairns to Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea on the Manoora. | |
| 4 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Milne Bay to Red Beach. Landed possibly in L.C.I. 339 or 341. | |
| 6 Sep 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, First contact with the Japanese at Buiem River that ended with an Australian victory. | |
| 17 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Battle of Sattelberg. | |
| 27 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, From Sattelberg over the Song River to Kuanko then to Wareo. | |
| 9 Dec 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Limited involvment at Sio. | |
| 10 Jun 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jun 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1945: | Discharged VX23475, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged V54269 |
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