John Edward REYNOLDS

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Service Number:	VX45500
Enlisted:	9 July 1940, Caulfield, VIC
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1918
Home Town:	Curlwaa, Wentworth, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 July 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot MM. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Curlwaa Memorial Gates and flagpole, Curlwaa Memorial Hall, Curlwaa Roll of Honor WW2, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Wentworth Honour Roll

9 Jul 1940:	Involvement Corporal, VX45500
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, VIC
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX45500
17 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Transferred to 2/5 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. Killed in action in New Guinea.

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Son of James Henry and Florence Edith Reynolds, of Curlwaa, New South Wales

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED

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