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BLAKE, Wallace Bruce
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX87849 |
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Enlisted: | 7 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron) |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1922 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 20 September 1943, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot IB, Row A, Grave 9. Personal Inscription:- "WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM SMILING". |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX87849, 2nd/6th Independent Company (Cavalry Commando Squadron) | |
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7 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX87849 |
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