BUFFETT, Neville Albert Herbert
| Service Numbers: | N212849, NX73683 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1941, Signals 1 Division |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 25 September 1912 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Illness, No 4 Tokyo Camp, Japan, 8 January 1944, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Plot A, Row A, Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island Departed Comrades Pictorial Honour Roll, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 21 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signaller, N212849, Lines of Communication Signals, Signals 1 Division | |
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| 3 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73683, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Neville Albert Herbert BUFFETT waas born on 25th September, 1912 in Auckland, New Zealand
His parents were George Hunn Nobbs BUFFETT & Amelia Gladys O'BRIEN
He married Eunice Elizabeth JONES in Sydney in 1942
He first enlisted in the CMF (SN N212849) on 21st May, 1941 and was discharged on 3rd December, 1941 - Rank Signalman - SIGS 1 Division
He re-enlisted on 3rd Dcember, 1941 in Paddington, Sydney with the 2nd 20th Infantry Battalion
Neville was taken a Prisoner of War by the Japanese on the fall of Singapore and died of Illness in the No. 4 Tokyo Camp, Japan on 8th January, 1944 - he is buried in the Yokahama War Cemetery (see Bio link for further information)
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