John CONNORS

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Service Number:	VX143530
Enlisted:	8 July 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14/32 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1920
Home Town:	Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, New Britain, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 16 March 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Plot F, Row B, Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE A SILENT SORROW. M.D.T.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX143530
8 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143530, 14/32 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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