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LEE, Edward George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX11385 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom , 14 July 1902 |
| Home Town: | Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 13 June 1945, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row B. Grave 13. Inscription: "AT REST" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX11385 | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11385, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Townsville, Qld. | |
| 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. | |
| 13 Jun 1945: | Discharged | |
| 13 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Edward Richard LEE and Martha Ann nee HOLDERNESS, of Holloway, London, England.
Listed as Prisoner of War at the Tan Toey Camp and died of Beri Beri.
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