
BANCROFT, Ivan
Service Number: | NX30308 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX30308 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.