Edward Ambrose GALVIN

GALVIN, Edward Ambrose

Service Number: VX41657
Enlisted: 8 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 16 April 1912
Home Town: Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Xavier College Melbourne
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Burma, 13 October 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
A16 A 17, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, VX41657
8 Jul 1940: Enlisted VX41657, Caulfield, Vic.
8 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX41657
13 Oct 1943: Discharged Sergeant, VX41657

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Biography contributed by Adrian Jones

Son of Charles Augustine and Frances Galvin, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

DIED WHILE POW
Sgt Edward Galvin, third son of Mr and Mrs Charles Galvin, of 7 Manning rd, East Malvern, died on October 13, 1943, while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. He, with his youngest brother, Montague, were captured when Singapore fell. Although no official notification has been received concerning Montague, his release from Prison camp
has been announced by wireless and through the Press. Sgt Edward Galvin was educated at Xavier College and before his enlistment in 1940 was attached to the staff of Kayser knitting mills.

 

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