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GIESE, Philip Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7998 |
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Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Wyalkatchem, Western Australia, 27 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Wyalkatchem, Wyalkatchem, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Wesley College, South Perth, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Brankassi Camp, Thailand, 28 September 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 L 59, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Moora WW2 Honour Wall, South Perth Wesley College Lych Gate |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX7998, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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