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Signalman ERIC CHARLES SHEILDS

Service Number: VX41930
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Corps of Signals

A.I.F. 24 Inf. Bde. Sig. Sec.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

BB. B. 1.

Papua New Guinea

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edgar Joseph and Victoria Agnes Sheilds, of Giffard West, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS SMILING
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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