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LAWTON, John Harold

Service Number:	QX13693
Enlisted:	1 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Miles, Queensland, 29 March 1918
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Injuries (POW of Japan), Malaya, 20 June 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery 2. D. 11., Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2

World War 2 Service

1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, QX13693, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX13693, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
20 Jun 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, QX13693, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of John William (Jack) LAWTON & Maud Jane (nee MARSH) LAWTON.