John Frederick Aylwin WHITCHER

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WHITCHER, John Frederick Aylwin

Service Number:	VX54954
Enlisted:	7 August 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Southend on Sea, Kent, England, 9 December 1908
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Constable
Died:	Illness, Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1944, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland Plot B Row D Grave 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX54954
7 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), VX54954, Royal Park, Victoria
7 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX54954
15 Dec 1944:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, VX54954, Australian Army Service Corps, 2nd/14th Transport Platoon

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Frederick Aylwin WHITCHER was born in Southend on Sea, Kent, England on 9th December, 1908

His parents were Charles John Frederick WHITCHER & Florence WELCH who married in England in 1902

He enlisted in Royal Park, Victoria on 7th August, 1941

John was with the 2/14th Transport Platoon in the Australian Army Service Corps

He died of Illness in Queensland, Australia on 15th December, 1944 and is buried in the Atherton War Cemetery in Queensland & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

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