John Thomas GURR

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Service Number:	NX68887
Enlisted:	5 March 1941
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dungog, New South Wales, Australia , 17 December 1909
Home Town:	Dungog, Dungog, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Accidental (Struck by air borne cargo), New Guinea, 17 March 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot KK. Row B. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dungog Christ Church Memorial Lynch Gates, Joel Joel War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX68887
5 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX68887, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

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