John Francis (Johnnie) UPTON

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Service Number:	SX476
Enlisted:	20 October 1939, Port Pirie, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 22 September 1919
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Merchant seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 1 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery, Marsa Matruh Plot 22, Row F, Grove 9,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Port Pirie 6th Port Pirie Boy Scouts Roll of Honor

20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Private, SX476, Port Pirie, South Australia
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX476, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1939:	Involvement Private, SX476, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1942:	Involvement Private, SX476, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
Date unknown:	Involvement

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