Basil Gerard MCGEE

MCGEE, Basil Gerard

Service Number: VX19420
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
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, VX19420, Caulfield, Victoria
3 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Henry and Mary McGee; husband of Evelyn Clare McGee, of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED