Ernest Bruce MCNICOL

MCNICOL, Ernest Bruce

Service Number: SX8745
Enlisted: 12 July 1940
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Meningie, South Australia, 10 May 1908
Home Town: Narrung, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Strathalbyn, South Australia, 10 July 1954, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Strathalbyn Cemetery, S.A.
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Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

12 Jul 1940: Involvement SX8745
12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, SX8745, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
16 Feb 1942: Involvement Staff Sergeant, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Malaya/Singapore
4 Jul 1946: Discharged
4 Jul 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, SX8745, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Prisoner of War of the Japanese from February 1942 until liberation in September 1945 from a camp in Siam (Thailand).

Discharged from the army in July 1946 following prolonged treatment for various wounds and injuries.