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Private COLIN ERNEST YATES

Service Number: Q45670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A2. A. 11.

Papua New Guinea

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Ernest and Mary Yates, of Teneriffe, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED IN LIFE HONOURED IN DEATH HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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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