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GRIST, Norman Sidney
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX36660 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 31 May 1920 |
Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 10 July 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 17, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial", Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX36660 | |
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26 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX36660, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
10 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX36660, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
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