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11-April-2015
11-April-2015
Photographs supplied by Tom Bird

The plaque commemorates Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Ernest Wall who was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd / 23rd Battalion from November 1942 to September 1943.

He was killed in action at Red Beach, Lae on the 4th September 1943.

Location

Address:520 Kiewa Street, St Matthew`s Church, Albury, 2640
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.080045
Long: 146.915883
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military
Approx. Event Start Date:November-1942
Approx. Event End Date:September-1943

Dedication

Front Inscription

1940 - Albury`s Own -1945

1940 - Albury`s Own -1945

This plaque was placed here by the 2 / 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion Association

To honour  Lt. Colonel R. E. Wall, M. I. D. who was their Commanding Officer  November, 1942 to September,1943.

Campaigns : Tobruk, El Alamein, Middle East, Lae, New Guinea

Lt. Colonel Wall was killed in action at Red Beach, Lae on 4th September, 1943.

Source: MA,NRWM
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