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BURGESS, Francis Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX40630 |
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Enlisted: | 4 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Victoria, 4 May 1908 |
Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Boot Repairer |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 8 November 1943, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX40630, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX40630, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
8 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, VX40630, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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