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Doe, Wally (Wally Lewis)
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Dates of existence
1907-?
History
Walter Lewis Doe was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on 15 November 1907. He migrated to Australia in 1924. In 1930 Wally, as he was known, went to the Mandated Territory of New Guinea to work for Bulolo Gold Dredging. He fought in World War Two with the Royal Australian Air Force (1941 to 1943) and the Australian Army (1943 to 1945) after which he returned to Wau in Papua New Guinea, eventually returning to Australia in 1953. At the time his autobiography, Wandering Wally, was published in 1997, Wally Doe was living in Dalmeny, N.S.W.
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Revised, Linda Justo, 27-Feb-2024. Revised, Linda Justo, 12-Oct-2020.