Alfred Norman (Norm) MANTLE

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MANTLE, Alfred Norman

Service Numbers:	WX11455, W29182
Enlisted:	20 August 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Wrexham, England, 27 April 1909
Home Town:	Wembley, Cambridge, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Illness, Thailand, 22 June 1944, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 D 68
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, WX11455
20 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W29182, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots, Claremont, WA
8 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX11455, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred and Nina Isabel Mantle; husband of Edwina Geraldine Mantle, of Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia.

HUSBAND OF PEGGY REMEMBERED "WITH PROUD THANKSGIVING"

The relatives of WX11455 Pte Alfred Norman Mantle have been informed that he is now a prisoner of war in Siam. Previously reported missing, he was a member of a West Australian machine-gun battalion and was well known in local scouting and Toc H circles.

MANTLE.--A tribute to our brother Scout (Norm). who was prior to Joining the forces Group Scoutmaster of No 18. Shenton Perk Group; now reported died of illness whilst POW in Japanese hands on or about January 15. 1944. Inserted by the Boy Scouts' Association.
He was one of the best.

MANTLE.-Sacred to the memory of a true and faithful friend, Alfred Norman Mantle. died while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. Inserted by his sorrowing friend, D. Harry Malone.
He died that we might live.
A soldier and a Christian gentleman.

MANTLE (Norman ).--A tribute of memory to a good Scout friend of Roy (Lt. AIF) and the late Bob Phippard (Cpl RAAF).
Vale.

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