John Robinson BATY

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Service Number:	QX42363
Enlisted:	10 August 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Howell, Queensland, Australia., 14 June 1911
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 5 September 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot S. Row C. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "SACRIFICE SUPREME"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX42363
10 Aug 1942:	Enlisted
10 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX42363
10 Sep 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF
5 Sep 1943:	Discharged

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