Jack Henry MENVIELLE

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Service Numbers:	NX129911, N260618
Enlisted:	3 November 1941, Bankstown, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1923
Home Town:	Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate / Certificate of entry Secondary School
Occupation:	Public Service Clerk, Register General's Dept, Green Square, Sydney
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 April 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot GG. Row D. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "THE SUPREME SACRIFICE...ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY MUM & DAD"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Lands Department WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX129911
3 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N260618, 17th Infantry Battalion, Bankstown, New South Wales
2 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129911, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
15 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129911, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea
15 Apr 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129911, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.

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