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Private RALPH WILLIAM METCALFE

Service Number: NX45350
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/1 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

B8. C. 12.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph and Jessie Lavinia Metcalfe, of Merrylands, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3826
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