John James SIMPSON

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Service Number:	NX73753
Enlisted:	4 December 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 October 1910
Home Town:	Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 11 December 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 14. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX73753
4 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX73753, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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