John Gibson SCHIPP

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Service Number:	NX43091
Enlisted:	19 August 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1920
Home Town:	Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maclean High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 28 October 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 19. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. MUM & DAD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX43091, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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