John Mitchell LACE

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Service Number:	26907
Enlisted:	25 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia , 12 June 1916
Home Town:	Mypolonga, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Morotai Island, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 10 February 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge War Memorial WW2

25 Jun 1940:	Involvement Corporal, 26907
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26907
10 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26907, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Corporal John Mitchell Lace 26907 of 457SQN was struck by a falling tree at Pitoe Strip, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies