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FOX, Alan Malcolm
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX37547 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Anti Tank Batteries / Companies |
| Born: | Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia, 2 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Certificate for entry to Secondary School and Intermediate Certificate. |
| Occupation: | Clerk (Audit) |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 10 June 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row C. Grave 15. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... IN GOD'S KEEPING". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX37547 | |
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| 30 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX37547 | |
| 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. | |
| 10 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Ambon, Posted to 18th Anti-Tank Battery as part of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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