John Harold (Jack) LAPTHORNE

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LAPTHORNE, John Harold

Service Numbers:	620, S1191
Enlisted:	19 February 1915, An original of C Company
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots
Born:	Unley, South Australia, Australia, 27 April 1893
Home Town:	Hyde Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	1977, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Unley Museum Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Unley U.A.O.D. Britannia Lodge No 32 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 620, 27th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company
31 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 620, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 620, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 620, 27th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

30 Sep 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, S1191
30 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, S1191, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots
30 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
2 Feb 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, S1191, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots
2 Feb 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Jack Lapthorne was awarded a Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of Menin Road when he captured three German concrete pill boxes together with seventeen prisoners and two machine guns. 'His many acts of daring were most inspiring to the men'. Jack returned to South Australia during mid 1919.

His two brothers, 1822 Pte Reuben Graham Lapthorne, 27th Battalion, died of wounds inflicted at Gallipoli 13 October 1915 and 3278 Corporal Thomas Frank Lapthorne, 48th Battalion was killed in action in France 18 September 1918.

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