HINCHCLIFF, William Heydon Wallace
| Service Number: | NX57905 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1917 |
| Home Town: | Coledale, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 10 April 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, NX57905 | |
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| 17 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX57905 | |
| 10 Apr 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, NX57905, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Heydon Wallace HINCHCLIFF was born in Junee in NSW on 26th July, 1917
His parents were Sydney Squires HINCHCLIFF & Matilda KENDRICK who married in Wagga Wagga, NSW in 1914
William died of Illness in Borneo on 10th April, 1945 whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese
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3 of his brothers also served during WW2
1. Douglas Lloyd HINCHCLIFF (SN NX128064) - Army - dischargd 15th January, 1946 (2/10th Infantry Battalion)
2. Richard Neville HINCHCLIFF (SN NX125003 - Army - discharged 19th February, 1945 (Citizens Military Forces)
3. Alan Bruce HINCHCLIFF (SN NX143545) - Army - discharged 9th November, 1945 (8th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers (RAE))
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