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RICHARDS, Edward Morton
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX9634 |
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Enlisted: | 25 July 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Division Salvage Unit |
Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, 13 March 1901 |
Home Town: | Port Broughton, Barunga West, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Sandakan death march), Sandakan, Borneo, 18 March 1945, aged 44 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Panel 31 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava District WW2 Roll of Honour, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Honour Roll, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Memorial, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, District Council of Port Broughton Honour Roll WW2, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Port Broughton War Memorial, Red Hill District Memorial Arch Gates, Red Hill Honour Roll WW2, Redhill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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25 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX9634 | |
30 Jul 1941: | Embarked Private, SX9634, 8th Division Salvage Unit, HMT EE (Marnix van St. Aldegonde), Melbourne | |
8 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, SX9634, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Malaya/Singapore | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
18 Mar 1945: | Involvement Private, SX9634, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Prisoners of War, Died at Sandakan Camp |
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