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IZARD, John Francis
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Service Number: | VX32509 |
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Enlisted: | 15 June 1940, Royal Park, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Anti Tank Batteries / Companies |
Born: | Mildura, Vic., 30 July 1909 |
Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Mildura High School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur John and Elizabeth Izard, of Merbein South, Victoria.
IZARD.-In proud and loving memory of our dear son and brother, Sgt. John Francis Izard, VX32509. who made the supreme sacrifice with his cobbers oí "A" Troop. 17th Anti-tank Battery, on Luzon. June 28, 1942.