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O'REILLY, Alban Louis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX2748 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 18 April 1912 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Shunter |
| Died: | Illness, Timor, 13 March 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 15. Row B. Grave 9. Inscription: "SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL...R.I.P." |
| Memorials: | Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, TX2748, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured and detained on or after this date, by the Japanese Occupation Force, at POW Camp Usapa (Oesapa) Besar, Kupang Province, Timor. | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Member of Sparrow Force died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as tropical ulcers. | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, TX2748, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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