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O'DWYER, Anthony James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX16235 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 13 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Warrion, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand/Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 28 November 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX16235 | |
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| 29 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX16235, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX16235, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Anthony James O'Dwyer, spent part of his childhood in an orphanage in Ballarat. He came to Warrion as a lad, where he lived and worked with Bill Topp who lived next to Warrion School. He then lived with Stan Tune in a hut in Langs-James Road in Balintore/Ondit. Tony worked around Warrion milking cows and farming onions.
He served in the Middle East and on his return from overseas was posted to New Guinea. Private O’Dwyer was killed in action at Gona on 28th November 1942.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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