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Service Number:	NX46347
Enlisted:	8 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born:	Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, 5 August 1900
Home Town:	Dungog, Dungog, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ambulance Bearer / Collector
Died:	Died whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 20 February 1942, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 23. Row B. Grave 15. Inscription: "AT PEACE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX46347
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46347, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
2 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Presumed to have died whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Time and nature of death unknown.
20 Feb 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Ambon
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46347, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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