John Douglas SOWARD

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Service Number:	SX6388
Enlisted:	22 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, Australia, 27 May 1921
Home Town:	Wayville, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 3 December 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Site: Plot JJ. Row A. Grave 9. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE SADLY MISSED"
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX6388, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6388, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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