John DE FAYE

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Service Number:	VX35490
Enlisted:	22 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1917
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 3 January 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX35490
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35490
3 Jan 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35490, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps, 27 Brigade Coy, AASC

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John DE FAYE was born in Camberwell in Victoria on 1st January, 1917

His parents were Louis John DE FAYE & Claudine Maude THOMPSON who married in Victoria in 1911

He died in Borneo from Illness whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 3rd January, 1945

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His brother Clarence Lorrain DE FAYE (SN VX39938) also died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 4th February, 1945