John Morrell BAND

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 September 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Commander
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Navy
Born:	South Shields, England, 22 March 1902
Home Town:	Woorim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Officer, Mercantile Marine
Died:	Wounds received at Finchhafen, Papua New Guinea, Field Hospital, Morobe, Papua New Guinea, 23 September 1943, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Plot B5. Row C. Grave 23. Inscription: -"KWA HERI" (Good-bye).
Memorials:

1 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant Commander
23 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Australian Navy, Died of wounds.

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