John Lennox DESORMES

Born 11 April 1921 in England ^{[16] [21]}
Son of Mr and Mrs J. A. DESORMES, who were of Birmingham, England in 1941 ^{[0: image 04058]}
Left England for Western Australia at the age of eleven years through the Child Emigration Society ^[203]
Departed from Southampton, England on the steamship Jervis Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 May 1932 ^[63]
Resided in Carnamah prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 22 September 1941 ^{[0: image 02938] [16]}
Corporal WX16952 in the Australian Army's 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War ^[16]
Spent his leave from the Army in November 1941 staying with the PRICE family atPasschendaele Farm in Carnamah ^{[0: image 04046]}
By December 1941 he was engaged to be married to Miss Verna PRICE of Carnamah^{[0: image 04058]}
During his leave in Carnamah before active service was honoured at a function in the Carnamah Hall in December 1941 ^{[0: image 04060]}
Spent further leave with the PRICE family at Passchendaele Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah in April 1942 ^{[0: image 04091]}
Married Verna Pleasance PRICE in Perth in July 1942 ^{[0: image 04113]}
Discharged from the Australian Army on 26 February 1946 ^[16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Scarborough ^[2]
Died 11 June 1993; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA ^[2]

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