Howard Thomas MANNING

MANNING, Howard Thomas

Service Number: WX4609
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
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World War 2 Service

23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private
23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, WX4609
30 Apr 1942: Involvement Lance Sergeant, WX4609, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography 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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