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DE FAYE, Clarence Lorrain
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX39938 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Textile Worker |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 4 February 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX39938 | |
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| 27 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX39938 | |
| 4 Feb 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX39938, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, 27 Brigade Co. AASC |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clarence Lorrain DE FAYE was born in Melbourne in Victoria on 24th February, 1919
His parents were Louis John DE FAYE & Claudine Maude THOMPSON who married in Victoria in 1911
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His brother John DE FAYE (SN VX35490) of the 27th Brigade, Australian Army Service Corp was also a prisoner of war and died on 3rd January, 1945
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