John Edward PREISS

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Service Number:	SX11514
Enlisted:	27 February 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mannum, South Australia, Australia , 13 July 1914
Home Town:	Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 4 September 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 1. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mannum Cross Roads WW2 Roll of Honour, Mannum War Memorial

27 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11514, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11514, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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