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MORRIS, Allan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX38634 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Articled Law Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 28 June 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row C. Grave 14. Inscription: "TREASURED MEMORIES OF A FINE AND GALLANT MAN" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Victorian Jewish War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX38634 | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX38634 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 28 Jun 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. |
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