Ivan (Tom) BANCROFT

BANCROFT, Ivan

Service Number: NX30308
Enlisted: 12 June 1940, Paddington, New South Wales Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1916
Home Town: Clarence River, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Thailand, 19 June 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot A1, Row D, Grave 11
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX30308
12 Jun 1940: Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales Australia
12 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX30308, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Blanch Rebecca Bancroft, of Iluka, New South Wales, Australia.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS- HIS SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS

Survived by his parents, sisters Mrs Eleanor McFarlane, Mrs Edna Parkinson, brothers Henry, William, Charles, Gordon, Eric and Henry.

 

Biography

2/30 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of John and Blanch Rebecca Bancroft, of Iluka, New South Wales, Australia.