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BELFORD, Robert Warwick
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | NX43710, N274396 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1918 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Presumed dead, Malaya, 28 February 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore Memorial, Singapore Col 119 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX43710 | |
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| 28 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N274396 | |
| 26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX43710, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jason Thoroughgood
Served with the 2/18th Infantry Battalion in Malaya. Believed to have been lost on the SS Ban Ho Guan, a Dutch ship evacuating Allied military and civilian personel from Sumatra to Java on or around the 28th of February 1942. This ship was lost with no survivors, possibly sunk by a Japanese submarine. Robert was the son of Robert & Ada and was the husband of Bessie, they lived in Redfern, Sydney. He was 23 at the time he was listed as missing.