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LAWSON, Kenneth Francis
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX43808 |
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Enlisted: | 14 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 12 September 1911 |
Home Town: | Gunbower, Campaspe, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plate Layer & Carpenter |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 13 July 1945, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 18. A. 11. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gunbower Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
14 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, VX43808, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
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14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria | |
3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX43808 | |
7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, VX43808, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
23 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, VX43808, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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