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FLETCHER, Hughie Ronald George
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX2688 |
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Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 18 May 1911 |
Home Town: | St Helens, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Fisherman |
Died: | Died at sea (Tamahoko Maru), At sea (South West Pacific Area), East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 24 June 1944, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2688 | |
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24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2688, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Died as a POW onboard Japanese transport ship Tamahoko Maru. Ship torpedoed 24 June 1944 by submarine USS Tang, at sea, off Goto, near Nagasaki, Japan. | |
24 Jun 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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