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CROCKER, Rees Anthony

Service Number:	VX65455
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

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops
29 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX65455, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshops, Town Hall - Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
29 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Anthony John CROCKER & Clara (nee-WHITCOMBE) CROCKER.