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LATHAM, Douglas Keith
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX2681 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Franklin, Tasmania, 13 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchard Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental, Thailand, 28 September 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 1, Row F, Grave 63. , Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX2681 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, TX2681, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2681, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred James Lathamm and Emma Latham of Cygnet, Tasmania
Also served in the Militia joining on the 16 November 1936 with the 40th Battalion
Headstone inscription reads: When the sun sinks and the day breaks we will remember
Roll of Honour - Cygnet, Tasmania