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HAWKE, Rex Barkla
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX48551 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Edithburg, South Australia, 15 February 1912 |
Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Production manager |
Died: | Natural causes (Cirrhosis), Heidelberg, Victoria, 4 August 1977, aged 65 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted VX48551, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted VX48551, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
30 Jul 1940: | Involvement Captain, VX48551, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
14 Sep 1945: | Discharged Captain, VX48551, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
14 Sep 1945: | Discharged VX48551, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
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