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DEMPSTER, John Melville
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | VX43543, VX53543 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 21 October 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A10. G. 6. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX43543 | |
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| 18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX43543, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 21 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX53543, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
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