James Frederick ELMORE

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ELMORE, James Frederick

Service Numbers:	V38127, VX66131
Enlisted:	6 November 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1922
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 23 May 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 23. Row B. Grave 5. "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

6 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX66131, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1940:	Enlisted V38127
6 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX66131
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as dysentery.
23 May 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force died from illness on this date.

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Private James Elmore was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 26 March 1945 until his death as a result of an escape attempt on 22 May 1945. He escaped from Tan Toey Camp on 26 March 1945 with another Australian Prisoner of War, Privvate Federick Schaefer, who is also being awarded a Commendation for Gallantry. - ^{Courtesy Defence Honours and Awards}

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