Douglas Hume BROTCHIE

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Service Number:	NX40307
Enlisted:	19 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 11 September 1903
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bread Carter
Died:	Presumed killed in action, Malaya, 9 February 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Column 119, Singapore Memorial, Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Remembrance Grove, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX40307
19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX40307, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
9 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX40307, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Listed as missing, presumed killed in action during the defence of Singapore on 9th February 1942.

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