John Godsell FOREMAN MC

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Service Number:	WX11141
Enlisted:	28 July 1941
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1 March 1904
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Modern School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Town Clerk Engineer
Died:	Illness (Cardiac Arrest), Tarakan, Tarakan, Borneo, 13 September 1945, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board, West Leederville Town Hall HB1

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Major, WX11141
28 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX11141
23 Mar 1944:	Honoured Military Cross, Attached to 4 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, responsible for constructing an assault bridge over the Volturno Bridge under fire.
13 Sep 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX11141, Died of a heart attack on Tarakan. Autopsy could not identify the cause.

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