Phillip Francis CAREY

CAREY, Phillip Francis

Service Number: NX10272
Enlisted: 12 May 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 19 February 1918
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness - Prisoner of War, Thailand, 21 January 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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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, NX10272
12 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX10272, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

From the website 230battalion.org.au

 

Changi Prison and A Force on the Burma Railway

 

Private  HQ 3 Mortar