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ARCHER, Charles John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX37398 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 11 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Newmarket, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Illness - Cholera, Thailand, 11 August 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Collective Grave 10, Row D, Grave 10-11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX37398, 8th Division Headquarters | |
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| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria, Australia | |
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX37398 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Francis Desmond and Dora Louisa Archer, of Flemington, Victoria, Australia.
DUTY NOBLY DONE...MOTHER'S PAL
POW DIES IN MALAYA
Gunner C. J. (Jack) Archer, of the 4th Anti-tank Regiment, who died of illness while a prisoner of war in Malaya, was the only son of Mrs D. Thomas, of Finsbury st, Flemington, and the late Pte Frank Archer, a member of the First A.I.F, who was killed in action in 1917. He was employed by Victorian Railways before enlisting.
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