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JONES, Peter

Service Number:	VX31001
Enlisted:	8 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia , 26 September 1919
Home Town:	Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 8 August 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 19. Row A. Grave 8. Inscription: "TILL WE MEET AGAIN"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Red Cliffs War Memorial

World War 2 Service

8 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX31001
13 Dec 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX31001, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked, Ambon, 17/12/1941
2 Feb 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Reported as missing on this date confirmed captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force and died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Confirmed PoW.

World War 2 Service

8 Aug 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX31001, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Died as a Prisoner of War on this date.

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