DAINES, Harry Oswald
Service Number: | NX27378 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1940, Paddington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1908 |
Home Town: | Brookvale, Warringah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Quarryman |
Died: | Illness (Dysentery) whilst Prisoner of War, Burma, 14 July 1943, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A10. E. 14. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, NX27378 | |
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19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX27378, 2nd/6th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Paddington, NSW |
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Son of Edward and Mary DAINES nee MILROSS; husband of Dorothy May DAINES nee CAMPBELL, of Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia.
DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE DOT & SONS LESLIE & RONALD
Survived by his wife and two sons Leslie and Ronald, father and sisters Mrs Ann Adams, Mrs Nellie Mitchell, Mrs Edith Heaton and brother Edward.