William James CHUNG

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Service Number:	VX20647
Enlisted:	14 June 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 13 March 1901
Home Town:	Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cabinet Maker
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 4 July 1945, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row D. Grave 5. Inscription: "BILL" EVER REMEMBERED.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX20647
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX20647
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 bacillary dysentery.
4 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force (Ambon).

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