Clive Birdwood FLEWELL-SMITH

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FLEWELL-SMITH, Clive Birdwood

Service Number:	QX10858
Enlisted:	20 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Wondai, South Burnett, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1918
Home Town:	Wondai, South Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 9 June 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row D. Grave 4. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wondai Shire Honour Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, QX10858
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10858
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Member of Gull Force. Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.
9 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10858, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE

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Biography contributed

Clive Birdwood FLEWELL-SMITH was born in Wandai, Queensland on 4th January, 1918

His parents were William Weir FLEWELL-SMITH & Louisa Isabella MICHEL who married in Queensland on 10th October, 1900

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