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HILL, Jack Harris
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX3434 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Injuries, Cabarlah, Queensland, Australia, 24 January 1946, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot B Row B Grave 16, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement WX3434 | |
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| 5 Nov 1940: | Enlisted WX3434 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
John was travelling in an army truck along Allora Road, Toowoomba, Queensland. Due to the tropical rains the road was flooded and John leant out over the back of the truck to place his map case over the truck’s exhaust. The vehicle suddenly lunged and John was thrown from the vehicle and under one of its wheels, where upon his skull was crushed. The tragedy was compounded by the fact that this officer had endured so much heartache and hardship as a Prisoner of War.
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