Ronald William FEETUM

FEETUM, Ronald William

    Service Number: VX90387
    Enlisted: 30 September 1942
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Z Special Unit
    Born: London, England, United Kingdom, 27 October 1903
    Home Town: Ormond, Glen Eira, Victoria
    Schooling: Leaving Certificate
    Occupation: Police Officer
    Died: Execution, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 31 August 1943, aged 39 years
    Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
    CWGC Grave No: Plot 7. Row A. Grave 16.
    Memorials: Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, VX90387, 'M' Special Unit
    30 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2)
    30 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX90387, Z Special Unit
    18 Mar 1943: Imprisoned Previously reported missing now believed to have been captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, Ambon Island.
    13 Sep 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Z Special Unit, Believed to have died on or before this date. Nature of death recorded as executed by the Japanese.

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Frederick William and Bertha Feetum

    Husband of Margaret Sybla Feetum of Ormond, Victoria

    Australian Infantry - attached to "M" Special Unit

    Lieutenant Ronald William Feetum VX90387 and Sergeant Jack McCandlish VX80269 were captured on Aru Island and sent to Ambon where they were eventually executed by the Japanese Secret Police

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