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ANDERSON, Peter Alan

Service Number:	VX33905
Enlisted:	22 June 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	AIF Headquarters Malaya
Born:	Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1910
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 25 February 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX33905, Royal Park, Victoria
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness whilst a POW at Ramu Camp, Borneo.
25 Feb 1945:	Involvement Private, VX33905, AIF Headquarters Malaya, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Alice Martha Anderson; husband of Lila Agnes Anderson, of Albert Park, Victoria.