Jack SAWYER

SAWYER, Jack

Other Name: SAUER, Jack - CWGC Listing
Service Number: VX80661
Enlisted: 16 July 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1920
Home Town: Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Machine Operator and Slaughterman
Died: Died of wounds, New Guinea, 21 November 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot S, Row D, Grave 1.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX80661
16 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX80661, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Bonald

Son of Joseph Henry and Irene Isobel Sauer, of Footscray, Victoria.

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SAUER, Jack enlisted and served under the name of SAWYER, Jack. Central Army Records only become aware of his service under this alias when his brother, Daryl Joseph Sauer requested access to his military records.