John Lewis RUSSELL

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Service Number:	QX1899
Enlisted:	19 June 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mitchell, Queensland, 1 March 1913
Home Town:	Pimlico, Townsville, Queensland
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Malaya, 10 October 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Grave Location: Sp. Mem. 2. E. 16.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Townsville WW2 HR

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19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, QX1899, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
10 Oct 1943:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX1899, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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