Bernard James EGAN

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Service Number:	VX37069
Enlisted:	25 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 22 November 1908
Home Town:	Lancefield, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 2 August 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 J 55
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lancefield District World War II Roll of Honour, Lancefield War Memorial

25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX37069, Royal Park, Victoria
25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37069
2 Aug 1943:	Involvement Gunner, VX37069, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War

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Son of Bernard James Egan and Dora Minnie Egan; husband of Jean Egan, of Lancefield, Victoria, Australia.

THIS SOLDIER'S DEED SO NOBLY DONE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN