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AYTON, Arthur Clement John

Service Number:	TX5862
Enlisted:	22 October 1941, Burnie, TAS, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ulverstone, Nth Coast, Tasmania, 26 February 1920
Home Town:	Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 15 February 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 16, Labuan Memorial., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX5862
22 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, TX5862, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
22 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Private, TX5862, Burnie, TAS, Australia
22 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5862, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, TX5862, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, POW of Japan; Prison Camp-Borneo; From date-15/02/1942 -To date-15/02/1945, died of illness whilst prisoner of the Japanese.

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