HORGAN, Edward Daniel
| Service Number: | VX26903 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1940, Jerilderie, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Finley, New South Wales, 22 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - heart failure), Thailand, 5 July 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 J 45 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jerilderie War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 26 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX26903, Jerilderie, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX26903 | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Gunner, VX26903, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, QX1, Sydney (Disembarked Singapore 19 Feb 1941) | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 5 Jul 1943: | Involvement Gunner, VX26903, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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Son of John Joseph and Lilian Margaret Horgan, of Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia.
HE DID HIS DUTY
GNR. E D. HORGAN DIES WHILE
PRISONER OF WAR
The sad news was received on Thursday last that Gunner Edward Daniel Horgan, second son of Mr and Mrs. J. J. Horgan, of Jerilderie had died of illness while a prisoner of war in Malaya. The late Gnr Horgan enlisted early in the war and was a member of the ill-fated 8th Division that was captured with the fall of Singapore, and he with others had been a prisoner of war in Japanese hands since. From the message received it appears he passed away about June, 1943. He would then be about 25 years of age.
Deceased was a native of Jerilderie, and well-known locally, and popular with all his associates. He was a former members of the local football eighteen. The sad news of his passing in the service of his country cast quite a gloom over the town.
The sympathy of their many friends is extended to Mr. and Mrs Horgan and family in their very sad bereavement.
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...VX26903 Gunner Edward Daniel Horgan, 4 Anti Tank Regiment, of Finley, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment he embarked from Caulfield, Vic on 18 June 1940. Gnr Horgan was a prisoner of war (POW) working on the Burma Thailand railway, he died of illness on 5 July 1943, aged 25. Gnr Horgan is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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