John Robert LITHGOW

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Service Number:	WX30180
Enlisted:	13 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Boulder, Western Australia, Australia, 17 April 1911
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Commerical Junior Certificate level
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 13 April 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot F. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX30180
13 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX30180, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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