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SEIDEL, Lyall Vivian
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX10666 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2/8th Divisional Ammunition Company |
| Born: | Crystal Brook, SA, 14 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Yeelanna, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Magdala School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cancer, Tumby Bay, South Australia, 30 December 1981, aged 64 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tumby Bay Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tumby Bay RSL Portrait Memorials |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 10 Dec 1940: | Involvement Private, SX10666 | |
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| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10666 | |
| 2 Nov 1941: | Embarked Transferred to Singapore on HMAT Zealandia (Source: NAA B883) | |
| 20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Malaya/Singapore, Served in Malaya with 8 Australian Division. Reported missing on 16 February 1942. Subsequently reported as a Japanese PoW. (Source: NAA B883) | |
| 18 Aug 1943: | Imprisoned Imprisoned in Changi and spent 12 months building roads and bridges in Singapore before being transferred to Thailand, were he worked on the building of the railway line. (Sources: NAA B883; Zweck: A Family History, Zweck Family History Committee, March 1995 ISBN 0646234056) | |
| 12 Sep 1945: | Imprisoned Released from Japanese PoW camp at Niihama (Source: NAA B883) | |
| 4 Oct 1945: | Embarked Transferred from Manila to Sydney on the escort carrier HMS Speaker, arriving 15 Oct 1945. (Source: NAA B883) | |
| 29 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10666, 2/8th Divisional Ammunition Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of H.A. & L.C. SEIDEL, of Yeelanna. Educated at Magdala school where he gained highest marks in the Q.C. In civil live he worked in agriculture and farming. Enlisted in July 1940.
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