Thomas Victor DWYER

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DWYER, Thomas Victor

Service Number:	VX33935
Enlisted:	1 July 1940
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	8 Division Signals
Born:	Strath Creek, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1906
Home Town:	Charlton, Buloke, Victoria
Schooling:	Glenrowan Primary School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Illness, Burma, 9 June 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, VX33935
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX33935
24 Jan 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, VX33935, 8 Division Signals, embarked Sydney for Singapore
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Changi Prison, Singapore
19 May 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, VX33935, 8 Division Signals, embarked Singapore with ‘A’ Force for Thailand

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of six siblings who served in WWII, Private/Signalman Thomas Victor Dwyer (Service No:VX33935) enlisted in the AIF on 1 July 1940 - graded Operator - and was a Signalman attached to 8 Division Signals on 29 January 1941 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Singapore. Captured by the Japanese on 15 February 1942, Signalman Dwyer was a PoW in Changi Prison when he was attached to 'A'Force, embarking from Singapore for Thailand on 19 May 1942. Signalman Dwyer died from illness in Thailand on 9 June 1943.

Thomas was born at Strath Creek, Murrindindi, Victoria in 1906, fourth of ten children of Thomas Dwyer Snr (b1874 at King Parrot Creek via Flowerdale, Victoria) and Flora Gillies McLean (b1883 at Riddells Creek, Macedon Ranges, Victoria). Thomas and Flora married in Melbourne in 1901, and lived at Yea, Strath Creek, Violet Town, Glenrowan and Wangaratta. Thomas Snr was a Farmer, Wheat Buyer, General Commission Agent and Saw Mill Owner. He served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, was Captain of the Glenrowan Rifle Club and a member of the Glenrowan Cricket Club.

Thomas started work with the Railways (VGR) in Melbourne in the mid 1920s, and was Assistant Stationmaster at Charlton Railway Station in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army.

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