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ANDERSON, Arthur Desmond
Personal Details
Other Name: | ANDERSON, Arthur Desmond Thorn |
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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 VI A 7 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, VX42633 | |
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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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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