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HOLLAWAY, Benjamin Huon
Personal Details
| Other Name: | HOLLOWAY, Benjamin Huon - Alternate spelling of surname |
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| Service Number: | TX8112 |
| Enlisted: | 26 August 1941, Hobart, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Police Point, Tasmania, Australia, 20 August 1920 |
| Home Town: | Police Point , Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Ulcer, dysentery and malnutrition while a POW of the Japanese, Burma, 23 October 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A16 B 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX8112 | |
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| 26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX8112, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James Ernest and Olive Bridget Hollaway nee Brennan, of Police Point, Tasmania, Australia.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE...EVER REMEMBERED
Survived by his parents, brothers Ron and Gordon.
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