John Thomas BURKE

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Service Number:	WX3156
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 22 July 1917
Home Town:	Hyden, Kondinin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 28 September 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 23. Inscription: "WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU SMILING DEAR JOHN".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hyden District WW2 Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Kondinin Memorial Rose Garden, Kondinin WW1 and WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque

21 May 1940:	Involvement Private, WX3156
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Perth, WA
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3156
28 Sep 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, died of wounds New Guinea.

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2/16 Battalion

Rank - Private

8 September 1942- Wounded in action

Son of Thomas and Mary Burke (nee McDonnell) of Hyden, Western Australia

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