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FARRELL, Garrett Swanson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX30879 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 24 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 6 July 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row D. Grave 3. Inscription: " DUTY NOBLY DONE…SLEEPING AMONG THE BRAVE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Deniliquin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX30879 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30879 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 14 Aug 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Wounded as a prisoner of war, bomb explosion shrapnel wound to head. | |
| 6 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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