James Maxwell DEACON

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Service Number:	NX172265
Enlisted:	9 July 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1923
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Porter / Junior Employee, New South Wales Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 June 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot HH. Row A. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED SO THAT WE MAY LIVE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX172265
9 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX172265, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion

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