Douglas Hector BRIEN

BRIEN, Douglas Hector

Service Number: VX15008
Enlisted: 15 May 1940, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Footscray, Victoria, Australia , 20 July 1918
Home Town: Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Driver
Died: Illness, Borneo, 24 February 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, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

15 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX15008, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic.
24 Feb 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX15008, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Henry and Helen Ada Brien, of Elwood, Victoria.