John Lewis (Jack) REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS, John Lewis

Service Number: SX747
Enlisted: 30 October 1939
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Divisional Army Service Corps
Born: Crafers, South Australia, 1 March 1919
Home Town: Crafers, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Crafers Primary School
Occupation: Painter/Business owner
Died: Natural causes (Stroke - while holidaying), Cairns, Queensland, 10 August 1983, aged 64 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

30 Oct 1939: Enlisted Private, SX747, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX747
31 Oct 1939: Involvement Private, SX747
24 Apr 1941: Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Escaped before VE day
29 Sep 1945: Discharged Private, SX747, 6th Divisional Army Service Corps

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Biography

Driver 6th Div AASC captured at the evacuation of Greece 24th to 28th April 1941. Eventually POW at Stalag XVIIIA Wolfsberg Austria. Escaped Stalag before liberation and got to Paris for VE day then London & home.