John Joseph LORENZETTI

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LORENZETTI, John Joseph

Service Numbers:	QX3914, QX3914,
Enlisted:	2 April 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mossman, Queensland, Australia, 29 March 1907
Home Town:	Mossman, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Manager
Died:	Woolongong, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1979, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales
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World War 2 Service

2 Apr 1940:	Involvement Corporal, QX3914
2 Apr 1940:	Enlisted
2 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3914, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
26 Dec 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX3914, embarked Sydney for Middle East per HMT K10
1 Jan 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
19 Jan 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
7 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX3914,, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked for Brisbane
5 Mar 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
21 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3914,, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Townsville for Port Moresby per Tarooma
16 May 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3914,, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Lae for Townsville per Ormiston
1 Aug 1945:	Discharged
1 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3914, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

John was the only child of John Giovanni Lorenzetti (born 1882 in Genoa, Italy) and Maria Ann Napoli (born 1887 in Trapone, Italy). John Snr arrived in QLD in 1900 on board the Freedrich der Grosse, and was a Labourer in Mossman, QLD when he married Maria in June 1906. John Snr died in August 1906 and Maria remarried Bernadino Lopez (born 1874 in Salina, Italy) in 1907. They had three children together and lived at Cassowary Creek, Mossman where Bernadino was a Farmer.

John commenced work at Cassowary Creek as a Labourer and by 1936 was a Farm Manager. He enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1940 and was a Corporal (Service No:QX3914) attached to 2/9 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in August 1945.

In 1942 John had married Shop Assistant Enrica Bettoia (born 1920 in Germany) in Woolongong, NSW. Following his Discharge the couple settled in Woolongong where John worked as a Labourer and Road Carrier, and Enrica continued to work as a Shop Assistant. John died in 1979 and Enrica in 1991.

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