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KINCADE, Harold Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX3724 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mathinna, Tasmania, Australia , 20 September 1917 |
| Home Town: | Ringarooma, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Timor, 12 April 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 15. Row A. Grave 11. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED" |
| 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
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX3724 | |
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| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3724, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured and detained on or after this date, by the Japanese Occupation Force, at POW Camp Usapa (Oesapa) Besar, Kupang Province, Timor. | |
| 12 Apr 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Member of Sparrow Force died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as cardiac failure and myocarditis toxaemia. |
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