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SAWYER, Jack
Personal Details
Other Name: | SAUER, Jack - CWGC Listing |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX80661 | |
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16 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX80661, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Bonald
Son of Joseph Henry and Irene Isobel Sauer, of Footscray, Victoria.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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.