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FLOWER, Raymond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX53999 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Anti Tank Batteries / Companies |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1914 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 6 July 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row D. Grave 15. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSY AND NOBLY DONE DEEPLY LOVED...REST IN PEACE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX53999 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53999 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 6 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Ambon, Posted to 18th Anti-Tank Battery as "Member of Gull Force", died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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