James Horace PETERSON

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Service Number:	SX11322
Enlisted:	17 February 1941, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops
Born:	Mt Barker, South Australia, 20 December 1913
Home Town:	Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Macclesfield, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Thai POW Camp, Thailand, 6 August 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 G 12,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW2, Macclesfield Memorial Gates, Macclesfield St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Macclesfield War Memorial, St Peters - St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll

17 Feb 1941:	Enlisted
17 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Private, SX11322, Adelaide, South Australia
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
6 Aug 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops
Date unknown:	Involvement

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