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CARR, Horace Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | V25647, VX57258 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Highbury, England, 24 January 1905 |
| Home Town: | Willenabrina, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Malaria), Thailand, 13 August 1943, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1.F.76, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Warracknabeal Willenabrina Honour Roll WW2, Warracknabeal Willenabrina Methodist Church Honor Roll WW2, Warracknabeal World War Two Supreme Sacrifice Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V25647 | |
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| 5 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX57258, Royal Park, Victoria | |
| 5 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX57258, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, VX57258, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 13 Aug 1943: | Involvement Private, VX57258, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace Alfred CARR was born in Highbury, England on 24th January, 1905
His parents were Horace Edgar CARR and Adelaide Sarah WARE who married in England in 1902
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