John Leslie APPLEBY

APPLEBY, John Leslie

Service Number: NX76266
Enlisted: 13 August 1941
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/6th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1916
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Execution (Prisoner of War), Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 6 September 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Jakarta (Ancol) Netherlands Field of Honour, Jakarta, Indonesia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, NX76266, 2nd/6th Field Company / Squadron RAE
13 Aug 1941: Enlisted Lieutenant
13 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX76266

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Lieutenant John Appleby was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for his actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt and subsequent activities in support of the Dutch Resistance in Java on 6 September 1943. During the nineteen months when LT Appleby was an escaped POW, he joined the Dutch Resistance in the area and engaged in resistance activity against the Japanese.  - Courtesy of Defence Honours and Awards

 

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