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CRUST, Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX23039 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Moonmera, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Illness - Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Thailand, 26 October 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12 D 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX23039 | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 4 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23039, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
| 26 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Emily Crust nee Brown, of Moonmera, Queensland, Australia.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... ALWAYS REMEMBERED
Survived by his parents, sisters Bonny Hansson, Nellie Pill, Bessie and Violet, brothers John, Walter, Robert and Albert.
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