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GILMOUR, John Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX22099 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 22 October 1905 |
| Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Died: | Accidental, Benghazi, Libya, 4 April 1941, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Grave Ref: 6.D.5., Benghazi War Cemetery, Benghazi province, Libya |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX22099 | |
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| 28 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX22099, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, NX22099, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa, Killed along with Pte Widerberg when they were both thrown from the back of a "D" Coy truck at the commencement of the 2nd/17th's hectic retreat from Benghazi towards Tobruk. |
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