Arthur John ANDREWS

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Service Number:	VX25644
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Putney, Greater London, England, 14 September 1919
Home Town:	Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 26 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC No: Plot 18. Row B. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX25644
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted VX25644
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX25644
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Capture by Japanese and died of bacillary dysentery whilst their prisoner.
26 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Died of bacillary dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.

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