Arthur Stanley ANSELL

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Service Number:	VX17115
Enlisted:	24 May 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woorak, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1919
Home Town:	Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (Dysentry) while a POW of the Japanese, Burma, 5 August 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A9, Row B, Grave 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX17115
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX17115, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion

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2/29 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Allen and Christina Maud Ansell nee Logan, of Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Brothers Alfred Alan (Joey) Ansell ZV225546 and Clifton Lawrence Ansell VX132237 enlisted WW2.

Survived by his mother Christina Merrett, sisters Alice Dix, Myrtle Brooks, Irene Robinson and brothers Alfred and Clifton. His father died in 1931

Died of Dysentery.

Roll of Honour Nhill