Jack Howard GASS

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Service Number:	SX9686
Enlisted:	26 July 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mannum, South Australia, Australia , 12 August 1917
Home Town:	Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assembler, Engine Room Attendant, Broken Hill Pty Co. (B.H.P.)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 December 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row F. Grave 5. Inscription: "ONLY SON OF MR. & MRS. H. GASS OF MANNUM, S. AUST. EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mannum War Memorial, Whyalla BHP Employees War Memorial, Whyalla Memorial Wall, Whyalla Roll of Honour

26 Jul 1940:	Involvement Corporal, SX9686, 27th Infantry Battalion
26 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
26 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX9686, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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