James BANKS

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Service Number:	VX45682
Enlisted:	23 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bungal, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1906
Home Town:	Mount Wallace, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Syria, 17 June 1941, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria Row M, Grave 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Wallace District Honor Roll WW2

23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX45682, Caulfield, Victoria
23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX45682, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
17 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, VX45682, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Syria - Operation Exporter

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2/2 Pioneer Battalion

Rank - Privat

Son of Robert and Sarah Banks, of Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia.

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