Vaudan Dufty HEGGATON

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Service Number:	NX68823
Enlisted:	1 July 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1903
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Murrumburrah High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand & Grazier
Died:	Illness (Dysentery) whilst a prisoner of war, Burma, 27 October 1942, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A12, Row A, Grave 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial

1 Jul 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX68823, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX68823
27 Oct 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX68823, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company

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Vaudan Dufty HEGGATON was born in Murrumburrah, NSW on 22nd June 1903

His parents were Rupert Dufty HEGGATON & Elizabeth Louisa BURGESS

He married Cora PATFIELD on 6th February, 1930 in St Agathas Roman Catholic Church in Clayfield in Queensland

He died of Illness whilst a prisoner of war on 27th October, 1942

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His father Rupert Duffy HEGGATON served as a Captain during WW1 in the Australian Army Medical Corps and returned to Australia in 1917

His brother Knox William HEGGATON (SN 402924) served during WW2 in the RAAF and died on 11th May, 1942 (59 Squadron)