LYNN, John
| Service Number: | WX11897 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 12 August 1910 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Dunsborough, Western Australia, 1 November 1980, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia MCB-282182-X8Q3D0 KC00065408 Ashes scattered to the winds |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11897 | |
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| 9 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11897, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF, per HMAT US12A to Middle East | |
| 20 Apr 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11897, 11th Infantry Battalion, ex ME to Adelaide per St Esselyt | |
| 14 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11897 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private John Lynn (Service No:WX11897) enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 April 1941 and embarked for the Middle East with 11th Infantry Battalion on 9 September 1941 on board HMAT US12A. Private Lynn embarked for Adelaide from the Middle East on 20 May 1942 on board St Esselyt. He was attached to 6 Carrier Coy when he was Discharged on 14 July 1945.
Born in 1910 in Lanarkshire Scotland, Jack was one of the children of John Lynn Snr and Jeannie Thomson who immigrated with their famly and were settled at Yallingup WA by the late 1920s. John Snr worked as a Labourer.
Jack was a Labourer at Yallingup WA in 1932 when he married Dorrie May Williams (b1911 at Dongalocking in Kataaning, WA). Jack and Dorrie married in Busselton and settled with Jack's parents at Yallingup where Jack was a Labourer. Following his service in WWII, Jack and Dorrie settled in Perth where Jack worked as a Moulder's Assistant and Truck Driver. Jack died in 1980 and Dorrie in 1984.
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