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MARCHANT, John Seddelbahr
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX16605 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1944, 31 Mile Camp, Northern Territory |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Cygnet Primary School |
| Occupation: | Mailman |
| Died: | Cygnet, Tasmania, 6 November 1979, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 21 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Private, TX16605, 31 Mile Camp, Northern Territory | |
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| 21 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX16605, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 7 Sep 1945: | Embarked Private, TX16605, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia on-board SS Van Den Bosch for Koepang, Timor. | |
| 19 Mar 1946: | Embarked Private, TX16605, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked Koepang, Timor on-board HMAS Manoora for Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 9 Apr 1946: | Discharged Private, TX16605, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 9 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX16605, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by loretta marchant
John Seddelbahr Marchant was born on the 27th August 1915 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
He was the Son of John Marchant and Agnes Marie Heydinrych.
John Seddelbahr Marchant was a Tasmanian Champion Track Bike Racer, he loved building radios from scratch and built numerous boats with his Brother Reginald Tasman Marchant.
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