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JACOBSEN, Charles Peter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24922 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1911 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Concrete Worker |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 15 May 1945, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 21. Row D. Grave 1. Inscription: "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND ALL SHADOWS FLEE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Melbourne Town Hall Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX24922 | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24922 | |
| 17 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. | |
| 15 May 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, 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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