John Henry MITCHELL

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MITCHELL, John Henry

Service Numbers:	S213187, SX25949
Enlisted:	22 April 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	27 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 9 August 1918
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	St Mary's School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Postmaster
Died:	Glen Osmond, Adelaide, South Australia, 8 June 2005, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

22 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S213187, 27 Infantry Battalion AMF
14 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S213187, 27 Infantry Battalion AMF
15 Jun 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, SX25949
15 Jun 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, S213187
15 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX25949
15 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Warradale, SA
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX25949
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sergeant John Henry Mitchell (Service Nos:S213187/SX25949) initially served in the ACMF as a Private attached to 27 Infantry Battalion (SASR) from 22 April 1940 to 14 June 1942, before enlisting in the AIF on 15 June 1942. Sergeant Mitchell served with 108 Anti Tank Regiment, 29 Anti Tank Battery, 2/5 Armoured Regiment and 112 Tank Attack Regiment, and was attached to Australian Training Centre (JW) at Discharge on 8 November 1945. On 11 August 1949, Sergeant Mitchell (108 Anti Tank Regiment) was awarded the Australian Efficiency Medal (Trove).

John was born in Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia in 1918, eldest of three children of John (Jack) Henry Park Mitchell (b1896 in Solomontown, South Australia) and Annie Alberton Newman (b1895 in Borken Hill, NSW). Jack and Annie married in 1917 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Jack worked as a Labourer, Driver and Carrier.

John worked as a Clerk and was a Postmaster in Adelaide in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1942 in Adelaide, John married Ellen (Nell) Margaret Morrissey (b1918 in Adelaide, South Australia). Following his Discharge from the Army, John and Nell settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and John was a Teacher. Nell died in 1997 and John in 2005.

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