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Private LESTER EUGENE McGOWN

Service Number: VX143795
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 22 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 January 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

CC. D. 6.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Myrtle Victoria McGown, of Stacey's Bridge, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED SON OF JAMES AND MYRTLE McGOWN. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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