RUDALL, John Glasgow
| Service Number: | SX10394 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 20 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Roseworthy Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Student at Roseworthy College, South Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 28 December 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) Cemetry is located in Papua New Guinea. 3000 Aust. are buried. No known grave, memorial to the missing. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gawler RSL Memorial Wall, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Nov 1940: | Enlisted SX10394, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 27 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX10394, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Nov 1940: | Involvement SX10394 | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX10394, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua, John Glasgow Rudall was involved in the Kokoda Campaign | |
| 28 Dec 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX10394, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gawler and District College
John Glasgow Rudall was a soldier in the 3rd Brigade during World War 2, he was born in Gawler, 1920 and died on 28th december 1942. He was a member of the 2nd/10th Infantry Battalions in Guinea, he was the 2nd son of Hon. R. J. & Mrs Rudall, who were told that their only surviving son had died in action in New Guinea. He was 23 years old when he died, he was educated at St. Peter’s College and was studying at Roseworthy Agricultural College at time of enlistment.
John Rudall was nicknamed ‘Jake’ by friends and family, he had a brother named Peter, who was a seaman who was on board the H.M.A.S Sydney, he had perished on the H.M.A.S Sydney when an armed enemy raider fired a torpedo at the ship after sinking the raider in 1941.
John Glasgow Rudall currently lays at the Port Moresby (Bomana) Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. He is on the Adelaide WW2 Memorial Wall, Australian Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll and the Gawler RSL Memorial Wall.
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