Hector Rolland CLELAND

CLELAND, Hector Rolland

Service Number: VX24399
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX24399
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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