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DON, Malcolm Stuart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX2466 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1911 |
| Home Town: | Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sportsman - North Sydney Rugby Union footballer, amateur boxer and wrestler |
| Died: | Illness, Germany, 12 April 1943, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Section 3, Row A, Plot 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX2466 | |
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| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX2466, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 May 1941: | Involvement Corporal, NX2466, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Corporal Malcolm Stuart Don NX2466 of the 2/1st Battalion was interned as a Prisoner of War (# 10237) at Stalag XIIIc in Hammelburg am Main, Germany. He was captured in Crete whilst fighting against the German land and airborne invasion in May 1941.
Corporal Don died of meningitis and he was given a funeral at Hohenfels Cemetery with full military honours attended by 4000 Allied troops interned in the camp (his body was transferred to Durnbach War Cemetery after the war.)
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