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LOFTUS, Owen Spencer
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX57853 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Heavy Battery |
| Born: | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia , 16 December 1908 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mail Contractor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Timor, 17 April 1942, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 19. Row D. Grave 3. Inscription: “TIME PASSES BUT MEMORIES STAY.” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitcham Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window, Mitcham Gunner Owen Spencer Loftus Memorial Plaque, Mitcham War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, VX57853 | |
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| 20 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX57853 | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured and detained on or after this date, by the Japanese Occupation Force, at POW Camp Usapa (Oesapa) Besar, Kupang Province, Timor. | |
| 17 Apr 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/1st Heavy Battery, Member of Sparrow Force died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as "died of wounds". |
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