James Furniss FILMER

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Service Number:	SX4623
Enlisted:	6 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1904
Home Town:	Tooperang, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Tooperang, South Australia
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Thailand, 27 June 1943, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Coll. grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4.,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tooperang Roll of Honour, Tooperang War Memorial

6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX4623, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX4623
27 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, SX4623, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Prisoners of War
Date unknown:	Involvement

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James Furniss FILMER was born on 1st March, 1904 in Broken Hill, NSW

His parents were Edgar Frank FILMER and Frances Mary Ann RODGERS who married on 6th May, 1897 in Broken hill