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BIRD, Harry Cecil
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX67105 |
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Enlisted: | 29 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Canteen Service |
Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, 20 April 1917 |
Home Town: | Caulfield North, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 20 July 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 1, Row H, Grave 62, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
29 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX67105, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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29 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX67105 | |
20 Jul 1943: | Involvement Sergeant, VX67105, Australian Army Canteen Service, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Cecil George and Annie Lumley Bird of Caulfied; husband of Marjorie Mabel Bird of Hampton, Victoria
Was a member of Sparrow Force
Died while Prisoner of War of the Japanese.