AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Thornton, Jack

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thornton ​

• FORENAME

Jack ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX55649 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 14 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Norman Featherstone and Pearl Whitaker Thornton,Newtown,New South Wales​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​