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CLELAND, Hector Rolland
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX24399 |
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Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1911 |
Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | File Maker |
Died: | Malaria, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, At sea (South West Pacific Area), 30 April 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Column 3, Ambon Memorial, Maluku, Indonesia. |
Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX24399 | |
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10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24399 | |
17 Jul 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Part of Gull Force. |
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