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BROOKES, William Morris
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX43142 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia , 5 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 31 March 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row A. Grave 13. Inscription: "SOMETIME WE'LL UNDERSTAND…AT REST". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX43142 | |
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| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX43142 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. | |
| 31 Mar 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force. |
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