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GANDER, Harold David
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX10747 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Hong Kong, China, 19 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Hivesville, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farming |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 18 July 1944, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row C. Grave 14. Inscription: "FROM FAR BEYOND THE STARS THEY WAVE "ALL'S WELL" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX10747 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10747 | |
| 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. | |
| 18 Jul 1944: | Discharged | |
| 18 Jul 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, 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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