DWYER, Joseph Godfrey
| Service Numbers: | NX82953, N265899 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1911 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocers Carter |
| Died: | Died Of Wounds, Yaralla Military Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 6 May 1944, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales T C 11, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, NSW |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX82953 | |
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| 26 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N265899 | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX82953, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N265899, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1943: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX82953, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
| 6 May 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX82953, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale
Lance Corporal Joseph Godfrey Dwyer later died in Australia on 6 May 1944 from wounds earlier received during the 2nd/17th Bn assault/defence of Jiveveneng Village, New Guinea in Novemebr 1943.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Joseph Godfrey DWYER was born in Wollongong, NSW on 22nd March, 1911
His parents were William Edward DWYER & Harriet NOLAN who married in Wollongong in 1906
He married Isabella Suttie ROBERTS in St Francis Xaviers Church in Wollongong on 18th April, 1942
Obituary from the newspaper reads:-
"Deep in our hearts, a memory is kept
of one we loved and will never forget"
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Four of his brothers also served in the Army during WW2
1. Philip Edward DWYER (NX150997) discharged 26th May, 1945
2. Kenneth William DWYER (NX125134) discharged 1st August, 1946
3. Francis Kerr DWYER (NX131934) discharged 12th February, 1946
4. John Terence DWYER (N265730) discharged 20th June 1946
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