Edward John NEWTON

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Service Number:	VX21625
Enlisted:	6 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru) (POW of Japan), South China Sea (aboard SS Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX21625
6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX21625, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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