John Charles GORDON

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Service Number:	WX21025
Enlisted:	6 March 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	London, England, 5 January 1907
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, New Guinea, 20 September 1943, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot IA, Row C, Grave 9. Personal Inscription: -"EVER REMEMBERED...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX21025, 2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
6 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX21025

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