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FLAVEL, John Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX13768 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lameroo, SA, 7 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Merambro School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 4 December 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jul 1941: | Involvement Private, SX13768, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX13768, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
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Pte. John Joseph Flavel aged 19. Son of Mrs A E Flavel of Padthaway West. Educated at Merambro School with a very good record. Keen on football and lover of horses and dogs. In civil life worked at farm work at Robe. Enlisted at age of 18 in 2nd AIF in 1941. Left for overseas and returned to Australia in March 1942. Sent to New Guinea whre he was killed in action in December 1942. His two brothes also enlisted in the Forces.
Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.