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COFIELD, William Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX55996 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 2 May 1921 |
Home Town: | Wahgunyah, Indigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 3 October 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Burial reference: - Plot A10, Row G, Grave 19. Personal Inscription: - "DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rutherglen WW2 Honour Wall |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX55996 | |
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16 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX55996 | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Francis Henry "Frank" Cofield and Elsie May Hodge married 1905, Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Place of residence Wahgunyah, Victoria, Australia.