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DORIZZI, Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7997 |
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Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia , 29 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Toodyay, Toodyay, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Truck Driver |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Sagadai, Borneo, 11 February 1945, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia - Panel 18 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7997 | |
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13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7997 | |
13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Enlisted in 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. | |
15 Jul 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Enlisted in 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion on 13 August 1940. | |
11 Feb 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7997, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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