TAPP, John Eric
| Service Number: | QX22395 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 12 September 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mount Isa, Mount Isa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mining Labourer |
| Died: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 3 October 1983, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Innisfail Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Oct 1941: | Involvement QX22395 | |
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| 30 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX22395 | |
| 30 Oct 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 18 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, QX22395, New Guinea | |
| 14 Sep 1942: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, QX22395, Returned Australia 17 July 1943 | |
| 23 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, QX22395, from Sydney to Lae, New Guines | |
| 24 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, QX22395, from Lae, New Guinea to Brisbane, QLD | |
| 11 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 11 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX22395 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the youngest of 3 children of George William Tapp (born in Yorkshire in the united Kingdom) and Rosanna Lavina Price (born in Ipswich, QLD). John was 6 years of age when his mother died in 1916, and his father was serving in the AIF.
John worked as a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD and in 1934 married Jante Grace Harris in Goodna, QLD. John worked as a Labourer and Mine Labourer in the Darling Downs and Mount Isa in QLD until he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. He served as a Sapper (Service No: QX22395) with No 1 Section 2.1 Mechanical Equiptment Coy, with Lae PoW Garrison Coy, and with 141 Australian General Transport Coy.
Following his Discharge in 1946, John and his family lived in Innisfail in QLD where John worked as a Wood Machinist until his retirement in 1978.
John died in Innisfal, QLD in 1983
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