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Private Lawrence Aldridge Bateup

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Photograph 066399
Service number NX4584
Death Date 27/01/1945
Death Place New Guinea
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
  • Aitape-Wewak
  • New Guinea
  • New South Wales
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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    WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-19. DETACHMENTS OF THE MEDIUM MACHINE GUN PLATOON WITH THEIR VICKERS ...

    WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-19. GROUP PORTRAIT OF FOUR VICKERS MACHINE GUN DETACHMENTS LINED UP ...

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    Unit
    2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of death 27/01/1945

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Conflicts

  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Units

  • 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • Australian Army

Places

  • Aitape-Wewak
  • New Guinea
  • New South Wales

Subjects

  • Drowned

Related Objects

  • WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-19. DETACHMENTS OF THE MEDIUM MACHINE GUN PLATOON WITH THEIR VICKERS ...
  • WONDECLA AREA, QLD. 1944-05-19. GROUP PORTRAIT OF FOUR VICKERS MACHINE GUN DETACHMENTS LINED UP ...
  • The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (NX4584) Private Lawrence Aldridge Bateup, 2/3rd Battalion, 2nd AIF, Second World War.
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