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MUMMERY, Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX30970 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 June 1940, Royal Park, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia , 31 August 1919 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Blacksmiths) |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 18 May 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 20. Row D. Grave 2. Inscription: “OUR HERO LAID TO REST EVER REMEMBERED” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jun 1940: | Involvement Corporal, VX30970, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
| 11 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX30970 | |
| 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. | |
| 18 May 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 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. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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