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DANAHER, Clifford Edmond

Service Number:	VX31946
Enlisted:	21 June 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1918
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lithographic Artist
Died:	Execution, Tavoy, Burma (Myanmar), 6 June 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) . A12. B. 7.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX31946
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946
18 Sep 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 2nd/4th Field Regiment
11 Nov 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
20 Dec 1940:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Acting Sergeant - Rank confirmed on 2nd Feb 1941.
2 Feb 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Embarked from Sydney on HMT "QX1". Disembarked in Singapore on 19 Feb 1941.
8 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, MIA believed POW.
3 Jun 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore, POW Escapee.
6 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Recaptured and Executed.
1 Aug 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, First promulgated in London Gazette on 01 August 1946 and then in Commonwealth Gazette on 12 September 1946.

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