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JEFFREY, Harry Stevens
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX25734 |
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Enlisted: | 12 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, 21 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Driver |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX25734, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX25734, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion | |
1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX25734, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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