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CRILLY, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX38959 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia , 29 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Yallourn, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder's Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 21 February 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 23. Row C. Grave 14. Inscription: "OUR DEARLY LOVED SON & BROTHER JACK WE ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU SMILING". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Newborough Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX38959 | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38959 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. | |
| 21 Feb 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force. |
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