BRETT, John William
Service Number: | TX2062 |
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Enlisted: | 3 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1 Corps of Signals |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 10 November 1917 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Launceston, State High School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Advertising and Printing Representative |
Died: | Suicide (self-inflicted pistol wound to head) , Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, 6 October 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland Burial reference: - Plot A, Row B, Grave 12. Personal Inscription: - "UNTIL TOMORROW". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement TX2062 | |
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3 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, TX2062, 1 Corps of Signals | |
Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, TX2062, 1 Corps of Signals |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Clara Mercy Brett of Launceston, Tasmania; husband of Marjorie Adeline Brett, of Launceston.
Biography contributed by Dianne Black
Recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Extracted from Trove
EXAMINER - MONDAY 11 OCTOBER 1943 - PAGE 2
WAR CASUALTIES
Advice has been received by Mrs Marjorie Brett, Frederick Street, Launceston, that her husband, Capt John William Brett (A.I.F.), was accidentally killed on October 6 while on active service. Born in 1917, Capt Brett was the son of the late Mr Robert Brett and the late Mrs Clara Brett. After attending the Launceston State High School, he joined the advertising staff of "The Examiner" in 1934, later transferring to the prining department as a salesman. A commissioned officer in the militia at the outbreak of war, he joined the A.I.F. in May, Capt J W Brett 1940, and was attached to a signals school in the Middle EAst. returning he spent some time on the mainland before being drafted to New Guinea. He leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss Marjorie Wood, and two young children.