John Irwin VETTER

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Service Number:	16954
Enlisted:	24 June 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 42 Squadron RAAF
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 30 June 1920
Home Town:	South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Hale School, Perth
Occupation:	Engineering Cadet
Died:	Beheaded by captors, Tandjoengprick, Java, Netherland East Indies, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 6 February 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia Jakarta (Ancol) Netherlands Field of Honour, Jakarta (Ancol) Netherlands Field of Honour, Jakarta, Indonesia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 16954
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 16954
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 16954

14 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 16954, No. 42 Squadron RAAF, Missing in air operation

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