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GROOM, Reginald Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX3816 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cuprona, Tasmania, Australia, 22 September 1919 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 12 April 2003, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX3816, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3816, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, From Darwin to Timor; disembarked on 12 February 1942. | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Private Groom while a member of the 2/40th Battalion was captured on Timor and repatriated from Omine, Japan. | |
| 13 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3816, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, From Manilla, by plane to Darwin; deplaned on 13 October 1945. Ex POW. | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX3816, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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