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Lance Corporal Brian Blake Apsey

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Lance Corporal Brian Blake Apsey

Birth
Mosman, Mosman Municipality, New South Wales, Australia
Death
8 Dec 1942 (aged 20)
Papua New Guinea
Burial
Port Moresby, National Capital District, National Capital, Papua New Guinea Add to Map
Plot
Plot B5. Row E. Grave 14.
Memorial ID
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Son of Edward Herbert and Dorothy Helen Apsey, of Kirribilli, New South Wales.
*Brian Blake APSEY was born on 27th June 1922 in Mosman, Sydney, NSW although he stated on his war records, he was born in 1920.
Service Number: NX28346
Enlisted: 4 June 1940
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
*Born: Private Hospital, Belmont Rd, Mosman, Sydney, 22 June 1922
Hometown: Kirribilli, North Sydney, New South Wales
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, New Guinea, 8 December 1942.
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
His parents were Edward Herbert APSEY & Dorothy Helen Eddington BLAKE who married at Christ Church, St Kilda, Victoria on 14th January, 1920
His father Edward served for 4 years in WW1 (SN1113) & returned to Australia in 1919 and his grandfather Edward Henry ( SN 1655) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917
Son of Edward Herbert and Dorothy Helen Apsey, of Kirribilli, New South Wales.
*Brian Blake APSEY was born on 27th June 1922 in Mosman, Sydney, NSW although he stated on his war records, he was born in 1920.
Service Number: NX28346
Enlisted: 4 June 1940
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
*Born: Private Hospital, Belmont Rd, Mosman, Sydney, 22 June 1922
Hometown: Kirribilli, North Sydney, New South Wales
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, New Guinea, 8 December 1942.
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
His parents were Edward Herbert APSEY & Dorothy Helen Eddington BLAKE who married at Christ Church, St Kilda, Victoria on 14th January, 1920
His father Edward served for 4 years in WW1 (SN1113) & returned to Australia in 1919 and his grandfather Edward Henry ( SN 1655) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917

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