Austin Bramwell CREED

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Service Number:	VX37503
Enlisted:	30 July 1940, Royal Park, VIC
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia , 10 August 1906
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Floorman
Died:	Illness, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 20 February 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Grave Reference B B 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yea War Memorial

30 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, VX37503, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Park, VIC
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37503, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1942:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX37503, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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Austin Bramwell CREED was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia on 10th August, 1906

His parents were Harry CREED & Caroline Jane WEDD who married in Victoria on 20th January, 1897

He married Alma Genevieve HICKINGBOTHAM in Victoria in 1935 - one son Graeme

He enlisted in Royal Park, Victoria on 30th July, 1940 with the 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion and was taken a prisoner of war in Rabaul

Austin died on 22nd February, 1942 and is buried in the Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery

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His twin brother Noel Bramwell CREED (SN SX9943) also served during WW2 and was discharged on 17th April, 1945