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FORSSMAN, Joseph Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24943 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 1904 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 31 July 1945, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 18. Row D. Grave 11. Inscription: "ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS HIS LOVING WIFE MARY AND FAMILY…R.I.P." |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX24943 | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX24943 | |
| 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. | |
| 31 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, 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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