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DAVIES, Douglass Thomas

Service Number:	WX12011
Enlisted:	29 April 1941
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 19 November 1907
Home Town:	Yorkrakine, Tammin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 4 January 1945, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Panel 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Kellerberrin RSL Honour Roll, Kellerberrin War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, WX12011
29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX12011
30 May 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX12011, H.M.A.T. "Z" bound for Singapore.
8 Dec 1941:	Involvement Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Fall of Singapore
4 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, WX12011, Royal Australian Engineers, D.O.D while P.O.W.

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