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CAMPBELL, Roderick John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX20008 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | North Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 5 September 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row C. Grave 12. Inscription: "MEMORIES NEVER DIE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX20008 | |
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| 11 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX20008 | |
| 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 a combination of pneumothorax and beri beri. | |
| 5 Sep 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force (Ambon). |
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