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Pte. John "Jock" Nowell

Australian Imperial Force 6th Divison Signals

from:Brisbane, Qld

John Nowell served with the 6th Division Signals, Australian Army in WW2. He was wounded and captured in Kalamatta, Greece 28th of April 1941 and imprisoned at Stalag 18A Wolfsberg Austria. John escaped with Snowy Yates, (from Ballarat Victoria) and Jock Robertson (from Paisley Scotland). They met up with 8th Army Scouts at Upine on the Austrian - Hungarian border and Kings Royal Rifles and 4th Hussars and he acted as interpreter until the end of war.

John re enlisted after WW2 for the Korean War and died in a Japanese hospital 24th of January 1956.



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