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WILLIAMS, Vinrace Hurtle Pascoe
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX4059 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Morris School & Norwood High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 24 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
| 30 May 1940: | Involvement Private, SX4059 | |
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| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4059 | |
| 12 Sep 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4059, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops |
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Vinrace Hurtle Pascoe WILLIAMS was born in Adelaide in South Autralia on 10th May, 1920
His parents were Hurtle Wilfred WILLIAMS & Alicia Susan Lilian Godfrey CARPENTER
He died at sea whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese when the ship Rakyo Maru was sunk 0n 12th September, 1944
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Two of his brothers also served during WW2
1. Bevan Godfrey Pascoe WILLIAMS (SN S41052) - Army - discharged 6th November, 1942
2. Tristram Wilfred Pascoe WILLIAMS (SN 26792) - died accidentally in North Queensland on 11th March, 1945
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