John Robert ANDERSON

ANDERSON, John Robert

Service Number: QX34457
Enlisted: 13 August 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 16 January 1920
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Milk Vendor
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 29 August 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
A2 B 23, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX34457
13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX34457
29 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX34457, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Robert and Mary Ann Anderson, of Toowoomba, Queensland.

OF TOOWOOMBA, QLD. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. MOTHER & FATHER