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BARNDEN, Maxwell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX1975 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1939, South Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, Australia, 15 April 1914 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1997, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lilydale Memorial Park, Victoria Forever In Our Hearts |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 25 Oct 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX1975 | |
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| 25 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX1975, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), South Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 4 May 1944: | Discharged | |
| 4 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX1975 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold Roy BARNDEN and Annie Pearl nee MUTTON, 2 Elizabeth Street, Goodwood Park, SA
Husband of Melba Moana BARNDEN, 13 McGregor Street, Canterbury, Vic.
Maxwell is recognised as one of the "Rats of Tobruk"
Max and Melba resided from c1945 until he died, at 28 Canterbury Road, Camberwell, with postcode 3124 later added, and Melba continued to live there until her death in late 2008.
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