John Angas HUMPHRIES

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HUMPHRIES, John Angas

Service Number:	SX15437
Enlisted:	13 December 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taperoo, SA, 28 June 1920
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Veitch Public School
Occupation:	Boiler Maker's Assistant
Died:	26 October 1991, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General, Path 14 Grave 895
Memorials:	City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case

World War 2 Service

13 Dec 1941:	Involvement Corporal, SX15437, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
13 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX15437, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX15437, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Second son of Mr and Mrs T.G. HUMPHRIES of 17 Beulah Road, Norwood.

Husband of Dulcie May HUMPHRIES of 37 Dixon Street, Clarence Park, SA.

Educated at Veitch Public School he was of a very quiet and retiring nature and one of the best sons and a good pal. In civilian life he resided at Tanunda and did farm work at Veitch and then went to Whyalla on the blast furnaces, then to the shipyards, helping to build the first ship. He then went to Islington Workshops and from here enlisted in December 1941.

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