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Name	John Alexander French
Born	15 July, 1914 Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 September, 1942 (aged 28) Milne Bay district, Papua New Guinea
Cause of Death	killed in action
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1939-1942) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate