Arthur Desmond (Dex) ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Arthur Desmond

Other Name: ANDERSON, Arthur Desmond Thorn
Service Number: VX42633
Enlisted: 28 June 1940
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 15 March 1919
Home Town: Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Transport Driver and Mechanic
Died: Died of Colitis while a POW, Formosa (Now Taiwan) , 4 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, VX42633
28 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX42633, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic.
28 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX42633
4 Nov 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX42633, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Died whilst a prisoner of War

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Biography

Son of Arthur Gordon Anderson and Ruby May Anderson, of Balwyn, Victoria, Australia.

OUR "DES," BELOVED SON OF A.G. & R.M. ANDERSON. A LOVED BROTHER