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ARTHUR, James Reginald

Service Number:	VX42088
Enlisted:	27 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1911
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Panel 19, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX42088
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX42088, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/22 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of James Henry and Alice Rose Elizabeth Arthur.