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ELFORD, Raymond Horace
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX26687 |
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Enlisted: | 3 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1914 |
Home Town: | Currabubula, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1991, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
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3 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX26687 | |
23 Oct 1942: | Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
4 Sep 1943: | Involvement Private, NX26687, 17th Field Company RAE AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA | |
10 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 | |
13 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
13 Mar 1946: | Discharged Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Private, NX26687, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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WIA New Guinea