John Ormley LAY

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Service Number:	VX29237
Enlisted:	20 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Heyfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1916
Home Town:	Heyfield, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 May 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot Q. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY BROTHERS & SISTERS OF HEYFIELD, VIC."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heyfield Honour Roll WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX29237
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX29237, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion

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