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MCCONNELL, John Douglas

Service Numbers:	NX157570, N257023
Enlisted:	13 March 1942, Belmore, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Division Signals
Born:	Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia, 13 February 1924
Home Town:	Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate, Secondary School Entry Certificate
Occupation:	Process Worker / Radio Mechanic
Died:	Injuries (Road Accident), New Guinea, 10 November 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot M. Row A. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY REST AND PEACE ETERNAL BE THE LOT OF HIM WE HAVE LOVED...OUR "TOBY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, NX157570
13 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N257023, 2nd Division Signals, Belmore, New South Wales
30 Apr 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, 2nd Division Signals
20 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX157570

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