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Captain JOHN WAVERLEY THORN

Service Number: QX1397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 49 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 December 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

A5. C. 19.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry and Maud Mary Thorn; husband of Mavis Mairi Thorn, of Goondiwindi, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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