I need to find the activities of my father ,he was a cook in New
Guinea in ww2
The Words "1st/ 10th/ Australian Infantry Batt" and, "Finished,
1st/Australian Army Company",are in an old army booklet. He served
from April 1942 to I think 1945/6
Army booklet shows born 13 Dec either 1913 /15
His funeral is Wed october 9th. in Melbourne, Aust.

The National Archives of Australia may be a good starting point, a
quick search came up with:

TYRRELL DAVID LAURENCE : Service Number - VX131970 : Date of birth -
13 Dec 1915 : Place of birth - CARLTON VIC : Place of enlistment -
GLEN INNES NSW : Next of Kin - TYRRELL VERONICA

This pointed to the existence of the original "Personnel dossiers for
second Australian Imperial Forces ex-service members", copies of which
can be ordered through the same site:

http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html

Boris