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Pte James Alfred Laffin

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Pte James Alfred Laffin Veteran

Birth
Charleville, Murweh Shire, Queensland, Australia
Death
15 Aug 1941 (aged 24)
Egypt
Burial
Tobruk, Al Buṭnān, Libya Add to Map
Plot
Plot 6. Row C. Grave 7.
Memorial ID
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WW2 Service Australian Infantry Rank Private QX11564
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.
WW2 Service Australian Infantry Rank Private QX11564
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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