HENRY, John Campbell
| Service Number: | VX105973 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1942, Coomera, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Loch, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Loch, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Nyora State School, Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 6 December 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery IB B 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong Corporal John HENRY Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VX105973 | |
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| 22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX105973, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Coomera, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Annie Henry, of Loch, Victoria.
ALL HONOUR TO THE BRAVE... EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVED ONES
Mr and Mrs George Henry, of Glendale, Loch, have been notified that their son, Cpl John Campbell (Cam) Henry, was killed in action in New Guinea on December 6, 2 days before his 26th birthday. He was educated at Nyora SS and Scotch College, and after leaving school assisted on his father's property, where he managed his own pure Jersey stud. He had a farm of his own at Poowong, run on the share system.
Cpl Henry was keenly interested in public affairs, and at the age of 19 was made a director of the Poowong Hall Company. He joined the Militia before war began, and later transferred to the AIF. He was engaged to Miss Laura Douglas, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. K. Douglas, of Poowong.
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