Wilfred Jack (Jack) HAMMOND

HAMMOND, Wilfred Jack

    Service Number: SX8588
    Enlisted: 12 July 1940, Wayville, SA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park
    Born: Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 26 March 1914
    Home Town: Taplan, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
    Schooling: Taplan School
    Occupation: Truck Driver
    Died: Illness - Berri Berri, Colitis whilst Prisoner of War, Burma, 13 October 1943, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
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    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Loxton Taplan School WW2 Honour Roll
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    World War 2 Service

    12 Jul 1940: Involvement Corporal, SX8588
    12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
    12 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX8588, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Wayville, SA
    Date unknown: Involvement

    Died of Illness

    Mr. W. J. Hammond, of Taplan, has been informed that his only son, Cpl. Jack W.
    Hammond died of illness on October 13, 1943 in a Malay an POW camp.

    Cpl. Hammond enlisted in 1940, and sailed for Malaya in 1941.

    Murray Pioneer Thursday 04 October 1945 page 6

    Submitted 13 October 2015 by Faithe Jones

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    Biography

    Son of William John HAMMOND and Mabel nee JONES Of Taplan, SA

    HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HUMANITY WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

    Survived by his parents and sisters Ivy, Vera and Ella.

    Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hammond, of Taplan, have been notified that their only son, Cpl. W. J. (Jack) Hammond, previously reported missing, is a prisoner of war in a Malayan camp.

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