John Charles MCGAFFIN

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Service Number:	WX17869
Enlisted:	3 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lawlers, Western Australia, Australia, 4 July 1905
Home Town:	Dalkeith, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 17 September 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot D. Row C. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX17869
3 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17869, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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