John Alexander HOLST

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Service Number:	NX123843
Enlisted:	9 August 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 12 October 1909
Home Town:	Eastwood, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate
Occupation:	Sales Manager
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 May 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot QQ. Row D. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "GOD'S WILL BE DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX123843
9 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX123843, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion

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