Posting on Death: A.I.F. 2/9th Battalion. He was killed in action and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
His name is located at panel 33 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
Family & Military Connections
Son of James Alfred and Elsie Irene Laffin, of Valley, Queensland, Australia.
His brother Clarence Cecil Laffin also served in WW2 and was a POW in Malaya. He returned to Australia & was discharged December 1945.
Posting on Death: A.I.F. 2/9th Battalion. He was killed in action and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
His name is located at panel 33 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
Family & Military Connections
Son of James Alfred and Elsie Irene Laffin, of Valley, Queensland, Australia.
His brother Clarence Cecil Laffin also served in WW2 and was a POW in Malaya. He returned to Australia & was discharged December 1945.
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ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. HIS LOVING MOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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