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GOODWIN, Colin Clarence Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX10265 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Surat, Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1915 |
| Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lorry Driver |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 28 July 1945, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 18. Row C. Grave 12. Inscription: "A SYMBOL OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE WE WILL REMEMBER" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, St George Memorial Wall - We Remember Their Sacrifice, St George Memorial Wall - We Remember Their Sacrifice |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, QX10265 | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX10265 | |
| 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. | |
| 28 Jul 1945: | Discharged | |
| 28 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 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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