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LYTHALL, Joseph Benjamin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX2808 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Supply Depot Companies / Platoons |
| Born: | Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1905 |
| Home Town: | Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toogoolawah State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver/Station Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 20 October 1943, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot CC, Row D, Grave 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX2808 | |
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| 20 Nov 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 20 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX2808, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons | |
| 20 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX2808, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons, 2/6 Supply Depot Company AASC |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Joseph Benjamin LYTHALL was born in Cressbrook Station via Toogoolawah, Queensland on 10th September, 1905
His parents were Joseph LYTHALL & Leontina Jorgine Dorothea JENSEN who married in Queensland on 2nd February, 1899
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Two of his brothers also served during WW2
1. Lawrence Christian LYTHALL (SN 22035) discharged in 1945
2. Alfred Morris LYTHALL (SN Q101191) discharged in 1946
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