Walter John JONES

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Service Numbers:	VX137906, V285779
Enlisted:	10 March 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nar Nar Goon North, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1911
Home Town:	Nar Nar Goon, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Scrub Typhus, New Guinea, 6 January 1944, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot B. Row A. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "FOREVER I'LL REMEMBER"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nar Nar Goon Honor Roll WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX137906
10 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V285779, 10th Training Battalion (AIF)
23 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137906, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
23 Mar 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to AIF and allocated number VX137906

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