BEDFORD, Rupert David Ehrensvard
Service Number: | NX59155 |
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Enlisted: | 13 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 28 October 1918 |
Home Town: | Killara, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of war, Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 26 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, Lindfield St David's Uniting Church WW2 Memorial Windows, Lindfield St. David's Uniting Church Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NX59155 | |
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13 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX59155, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
10 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX59155, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rupert David Ehrensvard BEDFORD was born in Orange, NSW on 28th October, 1918
His parents were Max Ehrensvard BEDFORD & Catherine BREMNER who married on 23rd December, 1909 in the Junction Station, Abercrombie, NSW
Before he enlisted to serve during WW2 Rupert served for 4 years in the Sceggs School Cadets
Rupert was taken as a prisoner of war of the Japanese and died of Illness in Borneo on 10th June, 1945 - no known grave
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