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BAGGS, Royal James
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX9864 |
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Enlisted: | 6 December 1940, Claremont, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Waymouth, England, 21 September 1909 |
Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Died: | Died at sea (POW Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 14 September 1944, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX9864 | |
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6 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9864, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Randell BAGGS and Eliza Jane nee ROGERS
Husband of Katherine Augusta BAGGS, 347 Rokely Road, Subiaco, WA
Royal was an acomplished violinist.