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Private REX GILBERT SWAN

Service Number: S7709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.C.M.F. 24 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A4. E. 27.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Sarah Swan, of Port Pirie West, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED. EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3828
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