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HANLON, Roger Francis
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | V6715, VX39761 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 23 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 23 June 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row B. Grave 3. Inscription: "PROUD AND LOVING MEMORIES OF DEAR ROGER…DUTY NOBLY DONE. MOTHER". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V6715 | |
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| 24 Feb 1941: | Involvement Private, VX39761, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
| 24 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX39761 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 23 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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