MANNING, Howard Thomas
| Service Number: | WX4609 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia, 14 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Modern School, Western Australia 1934-35 |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Prisoner of War - Executed, Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Narrogin War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private | |
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| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, WX4609 | |
| 30 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, WX4609, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Sergeant Howard Manning was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942. Sergeant Manning and five other men escaped, making for the coast of Java by hiding among Royal Air Force Prisoner of War. The group continued their escape from Djokjakarta but were recaptured by Japanese forces, interrogated and taken away to Taskimalaja. Sergeant Manning and the five others are reported to have been executed near Taskimalaja about April 1942. - Defence Honours and Awards
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