John De Medici NELSON

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Service Number:	401716
Enlisted:	28 March 1941, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Base Units (RAAF)
Born:	Castlemaine, Vic., 26 June 1922
Home Town:	Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Mildura High School
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, West Africa, 16 August 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone 6 B 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 401716
28 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401716, Operational Base Units (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic.

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Son of John De Medici and Ina Elsie Nelson, of Redcliffe, Victoria

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