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BRANSON, Albert Warburton

Service Number:	VX25068
Enlisted:	11 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1916
Home Town:	Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 7 August 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia, 18 / C/ 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Piangil War Memorial, Swan Hill War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX25068
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX25068
3 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Prisoners of War, Died as Japanese PW with 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion as part of Gull Force

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