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MITCHELL, Harry William
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX26263 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1908 |
Home Town: | Mitcham, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 30 March 1945, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX26263, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX26263 | |
2 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
30 Mar 1945: | Involvement Corporal, VX26263, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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