THORNTON, John Ellis
Service Number: | V300383 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1941, Whittlesea, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Signals |
Born: | Dalby, Queensland Australia, 12 September 1913 |
Home Town: | Eden Park, Whittlesea, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Poultry Farmer |
Died: | Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 17 March 2005, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Yan Yean Public Cemetery Lawn C Row K-051 |
Memorials: | Whittlesea WW2 Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
29 Jul 1941: | Involvement Signalman, V300383, 3rd Division Signals | |
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29 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Whittlesea, Victoria | |
29 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V300383 | |
23 Feb 1943: | Embarked Embarked Brisbane per "Duntroon", disembarked Port Moresby 1st March 1943 | |
19 Feb 1944: | Embarked Embarked Lae Per "Katoomba", disembarked Bowen Qld 27th Feb 1944. | |
16 Jan 1946: | Embarked Embarked Torokina, Bougainville, disembarked Brisbane 21st Jan 1946. | |
14 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V300383, 3rd Division Signals | |
14 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V300383 | |
14 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
Date unknown: | Honoured Australian Service Medal 1945-1975, with Clasp PNG |
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Son of Sydney Sinton Thornton and Evelyn Estella Kirchner
Biography contributed by Geoff Fuller
Signalman John Ellis Thornton served in
Papua New Guinea; 23 Feb 1943 to 27 Feb 1944
Bougainville: 8 Sept 1944 to 21 Jan 1946.
He was awarded, The 1939/45 Star. Pacific Star, War Medal, Australia Service Medal 1939/45, Australia Service Medal 1945-75 with Clasp PNG, & Returned from Active Service Badge.