John Hugh MCBRIDE

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Service Number:	WX18234
Enlisted:	24 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kookynie, Western Australia, Australia, 28 November 1908
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Amalgamator
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 24 November 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot T. Row D. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "THE LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX18234
24 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18234, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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