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ROUSE, Maxwell Hainsworth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX9707 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Salvage Unit |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 2 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Plympton South, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Sandakan Death March, Sandakan, Borneo, 17 March 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX9707, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX9707 | |
| 4 Dec 1940: | Involvement Private, SX9707, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
| 25 Mar 1941: | Promoted Corporal, 8th Division Salvage Unit | |
| 30 Jul 1941: | Embarked Corporal, SX9707, 8th Division Salvage Unit, HMT EE (Marnix van St. Aldegonde), Melbourne | |
| 8 Feb 1942: | Involvement Corporal, SX9707, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 17 Mar 1945: | Involvement Corporal, SX9707, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Maxwell Hainsworth ROUSE was born on 2nd January, 1913 in Port Pirie, South Australia
His parents were Hainsworth Frederick John ROUSE & Sarah Elizabeth FIELD who married in South Australia in 1909
He married Jeanie Scriven BLYTH
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