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JELLETT, Rupert Lloyd
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX32413 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Kiln burner |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 13 January 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Grave 1.A.27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX32413, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX32413, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 13 Jan 1944: | Involvement Private, VX32413, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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