Edward William LE CUSSAN

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LE CUSSAN, Edward William

Service Number:	NX40853
Enlisted:	3 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1912
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	De La Salle College, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 8 March 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Remembrance Grove

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX40853
3 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX40853, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Edward William LE CUSSAN was born in Gunnedah, NSW on 22nd May, 1912

His parents were William Roger LE CUSSAN & Beatrice Marie CUSHAN who married in Gunnedah on 23rd February, 1909

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Vincent Stanley LE CUSSAN (SN NX32491) Army and (SN 444294) RAAF

2. Thomas George LE CUSSAN (SN N220433) Army

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