Melvin CALDER

CALDER, Melvin

Service Number: VX46865
Enlisted: 18 July 1940, Caufield, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Newport, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1917
Home Town: Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 20 June 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Ambon War Cemetery Plot 16, Row B, Grave 11 Roll of Honour Newport Victoria Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX46865
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Caufield, Victoria
18 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX46865

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Biography

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Rak - Private

Son of William Steven Lindsay Calder and Rebecca Ivy Calder, of Newport, Victoria, Australia.