John Skelton RUSSELL

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Service Number:	VX26521
Enlisted:	13 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 9 April 1918
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laboratory assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 22 January 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial Panel 16
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial

13 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX26521, Caulfield, Victoria
13 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, VX26521, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
22 Jan 1942:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX26521, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery, Lark Force Rabaul

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