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SHEARS, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX20994 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | London, England, 22 December 1899 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Store and Silo Hand |
| Died: | Cardiac Failure, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1962, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Interned Williamstown Cemetery’s Trust as 22 May 1962 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX20994 | |
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| 15 Jul 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Enlisted Town Hall Melbourne allocated to 2/10th Field Coy RAE at Seymour Camp Victoria | |
| 18 Feb 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, VX20994, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Malaya/Singapore, Landed Singapore Departed Australia 2nd February 1941 | |
| 16 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Captured in the field 16 March 1942. Confirmed by Red Cross Cable as POW on 27 May 1943 | |
| 5 Sep 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Member recovered from Japanese POW at Changi by 2nd PW Recovery Group AMF | |
| 15 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, VX20994, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Singapore Transport Oranje for Australia | |
| 30 Sep 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, 115 Australian General Hospital, Admitted Hospital Berri Berri and Odema | |
| 20 Jan 1946: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Reception Camp, Admitted 20th AGH Watsonia POW Wing for treatment and convalescence | |
| 18 Sep 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, VX20994, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Discharged 3MD medically unfit congestive cardiac failure. Medical Class D |
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