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Private JOHN DOUGLAS SOWARD

Service Number: SX6388
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/43 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

JJ. A. 9.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Lewis Douglas and Violet May Margaret Soward, of Wayville, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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