John Lindsay GILMOUR

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Service Number:	NX22099
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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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX22099
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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