Norman John (Meth) BASTRUP

BASTRUP, Norman John

Service Number: VX122954
Enlisted: 22 September 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 October 1922
Home Town: Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Killed in Action, Tarakan, Borneo, 10 May 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Burial Reference: - Plot 24. Row D. Grave 2. Personal Inscription:- "DEEP IN OUR HEARTS, HIS MEMORY IS KEPT".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX122954, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
22 Sep 1941: Enlisted Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
22 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX122954, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography

Other service number V340045                        

Son of Bertram Christian and Violet Jeannie Bastrup, of East Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia