1939-45 Star : Private W G Newell, 2/10 Battalion

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
Accession Number REL35370.001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Bronze
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.

History / Summary

Associated with the service of SX15445 Private Wilford (Bill) Gordon Newell, born on 11 January 1921 in Milang, South Australia. Newell had served in the Australian Military Forces as a trooper with 18 Machine Gun Company before enlisting in the Second AIF in December 1941. He joined 2/10 Battalion and arrived in Port Moresby, New Guinea on 24 December 1942. Newell was killed in action in the Sanananda area on 19 January 1943. He is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.