AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Birtwistle, William Harrison

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Birtwistle ​

• FORENAME

William Harrison ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX68064 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd January 1942 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea H.D.3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 09.07.1915, Auckland, New Zealand​

son of Herbert J. and Kathleen G. Birtwistle, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand​

single upon enlistment​

civil occupation commercial traveller​

Next of kin - Father Mr. Hubert Jerneyham Birtwistle, 141 Basset Road, Remurea, Auckland, New Zealand​

30.01.1941 enlisted Paddington, New South Wales​

KIA New Britain ​

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