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COPE, Edward Davis
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX58817 |
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Enlisted: | 11 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Division Headquarters |
Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1904 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | 25 June 1971, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Penrith General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Uniting Methodist Monumental - Row O - Plot 27 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58817 | |
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29 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58817, Disembarked Singapore 17 May 1941 | |
26 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Recovered from Japanese at Changi POW Camp. | |
19 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58817, Returned to Australia, disembarking in Sydney 07 October 1945 | |
12 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58817, 8th Division Headquarters |
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