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ALLCHIN, Cyril Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX23229 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Lauriston, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1900 |
| Home Town: | Narre Warren, Casey, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Poultry Farmer |
| Died: | Beri Beri whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Thailand, 21 December 1943, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Column 137, Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kyneton RSL WW2 VALE Honour Board, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX23229 | |
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| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX23229, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 7 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Captured in Java and died in Thai Camp from illness. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Thomas Jagger Allchin and Bessie May, married 16th March 1886 in Queensland.
Wife: - Marian Houston (married 1926), of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
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