Donald Douglas (Don) FINDLAY

FINDLAY, Donald Douglas

Service Number: SX38283
Enlisted: 25 February 1941, Fort Largs, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements
Born: Sandwell, South Australia, 31 March 1920
Home Town: Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Compositor
Died: Drowned (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ottoway Congregational Church WW2 Honour Roll , Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial
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World War 2 Service

25 Feb 1941: Enlisted Sapper, SX38283, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Fort Largs, South Australia
3 Mar 1941: Involvement Sapper, SX38283
14 Mar 1941: Transferred Sapper, Lark Force
23 Jan 1942: Imprisoned
1 Jul 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX38283, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Australia's Northern Periphery, Sapper - Fortress Company Rabaul
Date unknown: Involvement
Date unknown: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX38283

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Donald Douglas FINDLAY was born in Sandwell, South Australia on 31st March, 1920

His parents were David Kerr & Gladys Lena FINDLAY