James John TOMPKINS

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Service Number:	SX17001
Enlisted:	31 January 1942, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 10 October 1905
Home Town:	Glanville, South Australia
Schooling:	Certificate of entry, Secondary School.
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 January 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row B. Grave 12. Inscription: "EVER REMEMBERED BY CLIFF, LIL & GLAD".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

31 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, SX17001, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17001, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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