John Augustus SEWELL MM

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Service Number:	NX13318
Enlisted:	26 April 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia , 8 November 1917
Home Town:	Rockley, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Accidental , New Guinea, 11 March 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot GG. Row D. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oberon Honour Roll, Rockley War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, NX13318
26 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX13318
30 Apr 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Posted to 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion. Killed by friendly fire in New Guinea.
9 Mar 1945:	Honoured Military Medal, Cool courage and disregard for own safety, Nagapam Village, New Guinea.

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