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HUNTER, William Birchall

Service Number:	VX33097
Enlisted:	15 June 1940, Enlisted in 2/2 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1920
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Horsham High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Produce Merchant
Died:	Natural Causes, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 2012, aged 92 years
Cemetery:	St Augustine's Anglican Church Shepparton, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

15 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX33097, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in 2/2 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
15 Jun 1940:	Honoured Australia Service Medal 1939-1945, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
15 Jun 1940:	Honoured Australia Service Medal 1939-1945, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, 1939/45 Star Pacific Star Defence Medal War Medal
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX33097
5 Feb 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX33097, Embarked for the Middle-East theatre with the 2/2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, from Melbourne on troopship Mauretania, February 5 1941
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX33097

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