Merton Langley CRANE

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Service Number:	NX38113
Enlisted:	29 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born:	Collarenebri, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1901
Home Town:	Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 25 June 1945, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row B. Grave 5. Inscription: "ALSO SERVED LIEUTENANT 6 LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT 1ST A.I.F."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX38113, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.
25 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Ambon, Member of Gull Force.
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX38113, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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