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Signalman JOHN RICHARD CHANDLER

Service Number: WX27629
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. "Z" Special Unit.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave DD. C. 2-4.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas Chandler and Louise Chandler, of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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