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Service Number:	NX30171
Enlisted:	9 June 1941, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stockport, England, 7 April 1913
Home Town:	Freshwater, Warringah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	French polisher
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Japan, 27 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW

9 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX30171, Paddington, New South Wales
9 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX30171
10 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, NX30171, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
27 Jul 1945:	Involvement Private, NX30171, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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