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Sergeant Air Gunner Wally Forgan No. 458 Squadron RAAF
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William Wallace Forgan

William Wallace (Wally) Forgan was born in Crystal Brook, South Australia on 5th January 1920 to William Wilson Forgan and Esther Mabel (nee’ Venning) Forgan

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Commonwealth War Grave_ Private Charles James Shea
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Charles James Shea

Charles James Shea was born in Crystal Brook, South Australia on 17th June 1893 to Cornelius Shea and Agnes Ann (nee’ Fisher) Shea.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Corporal Walter Stanley Dawe, 32nd Battalion, AIF
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Corporal Walter Stanley Dawe, 32nd Battalion, AIF

Walter Dawe was born on 4 May 1889, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Dawe of Kadina, on the Yorke Peninsula. His father died when he was three, and his mother when he was five.

Author: Australian War Memorial