John Edward DIXON

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Service Number:	VX54780
Enlisted:	2 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wahgunyah, Indigo Shire, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1918
Home Town:	Lowesdale, Corowa Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer / Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 January 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lowesdale Burraja District Honour Roll, Lowesdale Hopefield School WW2 Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX54780
2 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54780
10 Feb 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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