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IRVINE, Donald Campbell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NGX95 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia , 10 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Nicholson, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dredge Hand |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 10 June 1944, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 20. Row D. Grave 16. Inscription: "HE DIED AS HE LIVED. NOBLY" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NGX95 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NGX95 | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 10 Jun 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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