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Claude Robert Henry Thorn (1913 - 1942)

Claude Robert Henry Thorn
Born in Queensland, Australiamap
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Husband of — married 1939 in Queensland, Australiamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 29 in Papua New Guineamap
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Biography

Birth - 1913 in Queensland, Australia

Captain Claude Robert Henry Thorn : QX1210 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion killed in action aged 29 years on the 19th November 1942 in Papua New Guinea.

His death was registered in Queensland, in 1943

Commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial
Port Moresby War Cemetery also known as Tanubada, Bomana War Cemetery
Sogeri Road, Tanubada, National Capital District, National Capital Province, Papua New Guinea.
place of burial does not apear in the Commonwealth Graves records (was his body recovered for burial?)
from Fedor de Vries - "The graves are brought together from the surrounding area. A part of the graves are from casualties of the the campaigns in Papua and Bougainville, other casualties died in from prisoner-of-war camps or as forced laborers. Click here for photographs of the cemetery by Arthur Chapman [1]

Claude Robert Henry Thorn and Eleanor Louise (Teddy) Le MARCHAND were married 1939 in Queensland Australia

Sources

  • Queensland Government Births data base
  • Marriage - :Queensland Govt. Marriages - 1939 - B37449 - Claude Robert Henry Thorn and Elinor Louise Le Marchand
  • Source: Queensland Government deaths
  • Australian War Memorial




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