John William LAMP

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Service Number:	T20595
Enlisted:	8 October 1941
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Signals
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 26 October 1922
Home Town:	Kings Meadows, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Injuries, New Guinea, 2 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 9. Inscription: 'HE DIED FOR DEMOCRACY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, T20595
8 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T20595
2 Nov 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, Lines of Communication Signals, Died from injuries sustained after falling off a cliff at Mission Hill in the Owen Stanley Ranges, New Guinea.

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