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BURRAGE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX53620 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 5 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 9 August 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 18. Row C. Grave 7. Inscription: "REQUIESCAT IN PEACE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, St. Arnaud WW2 & Post WW2 War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX53620 | |
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| 21 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX53620 | |
| 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. | |
| 9 Aug 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force. |
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