Colin Cyril (Matey) ASGILL

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Service Number:	NX54534
Enlisted:	25 June 1940, (Wallgrove Rd) Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bogan Gate, Central West Region, New South Wales, Australia, 31 January 1920
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 17 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Location: Panel 17, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery) Labuan Federal Territory.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes Remembrance Walk, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX54534
25 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, NX54534, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX54534, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, (Wallgrove Rd) Parramatta, NSW, Australia
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX54534, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War - as per stated: 29/03/1942, officially presumed -missing in action/Prisoner of War-Borneo; to Date of Death: 17/07/1945, Died of Illness, Borneo (Sandakan Camp); (NAA Pg-4).

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Son of Ernest & Mathilda Elizabeth May ASGILL.

Spouse: Pearl Mary ASGILL, of Parkes, Central Western Region, New South Wales.