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LAWS, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX41939 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 13 August 1906 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 9 April 1944, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row B. Grave 2. “DEEPLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE MILLIE & SON RAY”. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX41939 | |
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| 5 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX41939 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 9 Apr 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. |
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