John Robert GRAY

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Service Number:	NX191431
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Northhampton, England , 22 December 1907
Home Town:	Earlwood, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder / Contractor
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 20 February 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot A. Row A. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~"IN GOD'S KEEPING".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Captain, NX191431
31 Dec 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Royal Australian Engineers
Date unknown:	Enlisted NX191431

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