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LAVERTY, Allan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX60329 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia , 15 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Laggan, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Crookwell War Memorial, Laggan Memorial Tablet |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX60329 | |
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| 17 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX60329, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michelle Leihn
Private Allan Laverty
Japanese Prisoner of WW2. Captured Feb 15, 1942 at the fall of Singapore. Died at Sea, Sept 12, 1944, in the South-West Pacific area, when an American submarine torpedoed and sunk the "Rakyu Maru", a Japanese transport carrying Australian prisoners from Singapore to Japan. Aged 28. Parents: Obert Oswald & Adeline Laverty, of "Fair View", Laggan, Via Crookwell NSW Australia. - Dist. Cousin - Michelle
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