Lawrance Roy (Nibby) NYBO

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Service Number:	WX14327
Enlisted:	20 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 6 February 1921
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Greengrocer
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 4 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot I, Row L, Grave 46
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Capel War Memorial

20 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Private, WX14327, Perth, Western Australia
20 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX14327
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, WX14327, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Prisoners of War
26 Oct 1943:	Imprisoned

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Lawrance Roy NYBO was born in Broken Hill, NSW on 6th February, 1921

His parents were Herman NYBO & Ivy Elizabeth PAYNE who married in Western Australia in 1914

He died of Illness (Beri Beri) whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand on 4th September, 1943

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Christian Herman NYBO (SN W94027) - Army discharged 1943

2. Paul William NYBO (twin to Christian) (SN WX14176) - Army - Prisoner of War - discharged 1946