John Ralph PAYNTER

PAYNTER, John Ralph

Service Number: SX6633
Enlisted: 24 June 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Quorn, South Australia, 29 January 1921
Home Town: Quorn, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Libya, 4 May 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Tobruck War Cemetery, Grave 5, Row C, Plot 13, Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Quorn War Memorial, Quorn and District Roll of Honour WW2, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Father Frederick Paynter and Mother Mildred Mary Paynter
lived at Sixth Street, Quorn, SA.

Private in 2/12th Infantry Battalion

 

 

4/5/1941    died of wounds in Libya (Tobruk)

Buried in:    Tobruk War Cemetery
                  Grave 5, Row C, Plot 13

His name is commemorated on Panel 36 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  13/9/2016.  Lest we forget.