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Private JAMES HENRY TOWNSEND

Service Number: VX83085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/12 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A7. A. 21.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Eunice H. Townsend, of Chesney Vale, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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