ENDEAN, Douglas Allan
Service Numbers: | VX122955, V505964 |
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Enlisted: | 27 January 1943 |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 6 Topographical Survey Company |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 7 April 1901 |
Home Town: | Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness, Malaya, 13 September 1946, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
Cheras Road Christian Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX122955 | |
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27 Jan 1943: | Enlisted V505964 | |
27 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX122955 | |
4 Jul 1945: | Involvement Staff Sergeant, VX122955, 6 Topographical Survey Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Douglas Allan Endean enlisted in the RAAF in January 1923 and served until October 1937 - reaching the rank of Flight Sergeant with service number 330
He requested discharge in September 1937 to take up a position with the British Colonial Service in the Federated Malay States
He enlisted in the Australian Army in January 1943 and was discharged on 4 July 1945 with the rank of Staff Sergeant
He passed away due to illness in September 1946 while in Malaya - his CWGC entry shows him as being in the RAAF at time of death - Flight Sergeant & service number 330