James William AHERN

AHERN, James William

Service Number: NX102448
Enlisted: 9 July 1942
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Born: Wahring, Victoria, Australia, 11 October 1912
Home Town: Balgowlah, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician's Mechanic
Died: Aplastic Anaemia, 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, Canada Bay City, New South Wales, Australia, 19 October 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales
Plot D, Row B, Grave 9.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Captain, NX102448
9 Jul 1942: Enlisted NX102448
24 Jul 1943: Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Daniel Ahern and Ellen Kelly 7th November 1900 in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Wife: - Doreen Ranelagh Horton (married, 1942 in 
Randwick, New South Wales), of Coogee.