John Daniel CULHANE MID

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Service Number:	NX200599
Enlisted:	16 April 1943
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1911
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Passed Queensland High School Examination
Occupation:	Hotel Keeper
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 June 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~Plot MM. Row C. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE, IS NOT TO DIE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX200599
16 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX200599
5 Feb 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
16 Nov 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Distinguished Services in Southwest Pacific Area.

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