Vincent Harold COOTE

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Service Number:	NX53814
Enlisted:	9 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Division Signals
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1918
Home Town:	Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Canterbury Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	PMG Technician
Died:	Stroke, Pulmonary oedema, Padstow, New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 1998, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53814, 8th Division Signals
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Taken captive when Singapore fell on 15 Feb 1942. Marched to Changi where he remained until he joined Anderson or A Force and travelled to Tavoy Burma by ship on 14 May 1942. Worked on the Burma Thailand Railway at camps including Tamarkhan, Hindat, Kanburi and Petchaburi (the latter was where he was recovedered on 16 Aug 1945. Returned to Australia on HMT Highland Brigade, arriving Sydney on 16 Oct 1945
11 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53814, 8th Division Signals

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