John Albert PEARCE

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Service Number:	WX30911
Enlisted:	8 July 1942, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 8 June 1922
Home Town:	North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Killed in Action, Brunei Bay, Borneo, Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion & 24th Anti-Tank Company, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

8 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Private, WX30911, Perth, Western Australia
8 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX30911, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, WX30911
10 Jun 1945:	Involvement Private, WX30911, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe May - August 1945

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