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DEWAN, William August

Service Number:	VX27641
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1913
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Injuries (fractured spine), received at Seymour, Victoria, Australia, Caulfield Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1940, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Burial reference: - Plot Roman Catholic, Section 7, Grave 190.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX27641
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27641
15 Jul 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Son of John Patrick and Alice Maud Dewan.