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FYFE, Roger Crawford Sutton
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX43049 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Balmoral, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1913 |
Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Illness, Hainan Island, China, 13 September 1943, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hamilton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX43049 | |
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12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX43049 | |
17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned | |
13 Sep 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX43049, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
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Roger Crawford Sutton FYFE was born in Balmoral, Victoria on 27th February, 1913
His parents were Andrew William FYFE & Mary Jane Sutton BIBBY
He married Ivy Georgina BARR in Victoria in 1935
Roger died on Hainan Island, China on 13th September, 1943 as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese and is buried in the Yokohama War Cemetery