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BRIEN, Douglas Hector
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX15008 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
15 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX15008, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic. | |
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24 Feb 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX15008, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Henry and Helen Ada Brien, of Elwood, Victoria.