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ANDERSON, James Lincoln
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX34668 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1912 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Shipping Clerk |
| Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Burma (Myanmar), 6 October 1943, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Burial reference: - Plot A3, Row D, Grave 10. Personal inscription: - "LOVED HUSBAND OF LETA & LOVED SON OF EDITH ANDERSON OF BRIGHTON, VIC.". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX34668 | |
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| 6 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria, Australia | |
| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX34668 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died from dysentery as a POW in Thai Camp, Burma. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
22 Aust Coy AASCORPS
Rank - Sergeant
Son of George Robert and Edith May Anderson; Husband of Carleta Mabel Anderson, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour Brighton Victoria
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