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MARKS, Jason Paul
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 8240607 |
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Enlisted: | 2 March 1999 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1981 |
Home Town: | Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, 27 April 2008 |
Cemetery: |
Yeppoon Cemetery Section Lawn, Row D, Grave 72 |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cawarral Cockscomb Veterans Memorial, Geraldton Afghanistan Honour Roll, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Sale RSL Afghanistan Honour Roll, Two Wells Afghanistan War Memorial, Yeppoon War Memorial , Yungaburra Afghanistan Avenue of Honour |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"Lance Corporal Marks was a member of the Sydney-based 4th Battalion (Commando), of the Royal Australian Regiment.
He was born in the far western NSW town of Broken Hill and was raised in the central Queensland town of Yeppoon near Rockhampton.
"He was very assured, highly respected ... highly enthusiastic and also very, very fit. He was a great inspiration to his mates," Air Marshal Houston said."... READ MORE LINK (www.smh.com.au)