Royal James BAGGS

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Service Number:	WX9864
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

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX9864
6 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9864, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA

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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.

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