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REYNOLDS, John Lewis
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX747 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
30 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Private, SX747, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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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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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.