Soldier profiles
Name : FIRTH, JOHN CHARLES
Service Number : NX88521
Date of Birth : 12/03/1918
Place of Birth : COFFS HARBOUR, NSW
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 13/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : BOSTOBRICK, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : FIRTH, WILLIAM
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Discharged : 02/05/1946
Date Died : 08/04/1987
Age at Death : 69
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : CLARENCE LAWN CEMETERY, SOUTH GRAFTON, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4626392 [OPEN], Barcode 8138503 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone
Background : Son of William Thomson and Annie M.