John August CARROLL

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Service Numbers:	VX142450, V250215
Enlisted:	9 October 1941, Cohuna, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia , 29 May 1923
Home Town:	Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Salesman (Mercer)
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 5 January 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 23. Inscription: "BELOVED SON YOU WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX142450
9 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V250215, 38 Infantry Battalion AMF, Cohuna, Victoria
20 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX142450
5 Jan 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Died of scrub typhus in New Guinea.

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