John James EGAN

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Service Number:	VX19500
Enlisted:	30 May 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murrumbeena, Victoria, 26 November 1918
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 29 August 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

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30 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX19500, Caulfield, Victoria
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX19500, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, VX19500, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua

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