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MCGEE, Basil Gerard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX19420 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 2 January 1900 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 1 July 1942, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12. B. 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX19420, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, VX19420 | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Bombardier, VX19420, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry and Mary McGee; husband of Evelyn Clare McGee, of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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