John Richard BENNETT

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Service Number:	NX174657
Enlisted:	31 August 1943
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1925
Home Town:	Kings Cross, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cutter (Woolen Ware-House)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 July 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot PP. Row C. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX174657
31 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX174657
22 Nov 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment

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