John Anthony ELLIS

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Service Number:	NX56699
Enlisted:	8 July 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Ordnance Stores Company
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 May 1920
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 22 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B7. Row E. Grave 6. Personal inscription: - "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE LAUREL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX56699
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX56699
8 Sep 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/2nd Ordnance Stores Company

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