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CORTIS, John Fyans

Service Number:	NX13746
Enlisted:	8 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1917
Home Town:	Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 2000, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

8 May 1940:	Enlisted NX13746
8 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX13746
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, NX13746, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
9 Feb 1943:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, El Alamein, London Gazette
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged Lieutenant, NX13746, Posting at discharge - Inf Reinfts AIF
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX13746
Date unknown:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX13746, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein