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HUTCHINS, David Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX61202 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1941, Royal Park, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lake Boga, Vic., 2 March 1913 |
Home Town: | Woorinen North, Swan Hill, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Illness (Beri Beri whilst POW), Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 29 July 1945, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 18 A 15 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Swan Hill Hutchins Brothers Memorial, Swan Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX61202 | |
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6 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX61202, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Walter and Mary Elizabeth Hutchins, of Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Husband of Annie Hutchins, of Swan Hill, Victoria.