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CROCKER, Rees Anthony
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX65455 |
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Enlisted: | 29 October 1941, Town Hall - Melbourne, Vic, Australia. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops |
Born: | Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 24 July 1918 |
Home Town: | Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (At Sea); (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 27., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops | |
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29 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops, Town Hall - Melbourne, Vic, Australia. | |
29 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX65455 | |
28 Nov 1941: | Embarked Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops, Embarked Ship: 28/11/1941, "SS Manilla", for Singapore. | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
8 May 1942: | Involvement Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops, Malaya/Singapore |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Anthony John CROCKER & Clara (nee-WHITCOMBE) CROCKER.