ANKETELL, Michael Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 3009, WX3376, W29897 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Briagolong, Vic., 15 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Claremont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers' College |
| Occupation: | Trustees Officer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 14 February 1942, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Briagolong State School No 1117 Roll of Honor, Fremantle West Australian Trustee Executor Agency Co. Ltd. Roll of Honour WW2, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3009, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3009, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, WX3376 | |
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| 30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, W29897 | |
| 5 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, WX3376, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard John ANKETELL and Annie nee FEELY
Wounded in action at Ulu Pandan 12.2. 1942, receiving a gunshot wound to the groin. The Colonel was evacuated unconscious by ambulance to Alexandra Hospital. Major Bull R.A.M.C. stated that he was on duty in the officer’s ward at Alexandra Hospital and that Lieutenant-Colonel Anketell was admitted there on Thursday, Feb 12 at 1700 hours. He was suffering from a compound fracture of the right upper femur and was in a profoundly shocked condition. He was sent to the resuscitation ward and was given 2 pints of plasma. When his condition was improved he was sent to the operating theatre whilst his wound was dressed and the limb splinted. He was sent to the ward in moderate condition but never rallied and died on the morning of Friday, Feb 13 1942.
Report by the Surgeon in Charge-Major Webster, R.A.M.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel M.J. Anketell, commander of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, was killed when the hospital in which he was a patient was bombed on February 14, 1942. This news was given to Mrs. Anketell by the Army authorities today. Colonel Anketell was wounded in the Singapore compaign, was killed in the hospital bombing two days later. He was officially reported dead on June 1 this year and that was the only news received of him, until today, since the fall of Singapore. Aged 54, Colonel Anketell leaves an 18 years old son and an eight year old daughter. Eldest son of Mrs. and Mrs. R.J. Anketell, of South Perth, he was educated at Christian Brothers' College, was later on the staff of the W.A. Trustee Company, and was a director of the Y.M.C.A. He held a commission in the 44th Battalion in the last war.
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