John Leonard HOSSACK

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Service Number:	SX7011
Enlisted:	29 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birkenhead, South Australia, Australia, 5 December 1919
Home Town:	Ethelton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 October 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot AA. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX7011, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7011, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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