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MELLING, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX38226 |
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Enlisted: | 25 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, 4 November 1910 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX38226 | |
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25 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX38226, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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