MOULE - PROBERT, John
| Other Name: | Probert, John William - Birth Name |
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| Service Numbers: | Officer, NX10894 |
| Enlisted: | 20 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Griffith, Griffith, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cumloden School, East St Kilda, and Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Victoria, AustraliaCTORIA, a |
| Occupation: | Produce Merchant |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Sandakan, Borneo, 10 May 1945, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Griffith Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr WW2 Honour Roll, Griffith Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1917: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Flying Corps |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX10894, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
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| 10 May 1945: | Involvement Gunner, NX10894, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Verdon Moule-Probert and Maud Mary Moule-Probert; husband of Nora Gwendoline Moule-Probert, of Griffith, New South Wales.
The Area News, 2 November 1945.
Mrs. Moule-Probert, Griffith, has been advised b the Army authorities that her husband ,Gnr. John William Moule-Probert, MC., 8th Division died from illness in April last whilst prisoner of war in Borneo.
The late Gnr. Moule-Porbert was in the 8th Hussars (England) in the early part of World War I. He was captured by the enemy but escaped. Then he joined the RAF in which he gained the MC.
Twice he enlisted in World War II. First he served with the AIF in the Middle East but was discharged on account of his age. However he was able to serve again with the 8th Division.
He had a dry holding in the Rankins Springs district and later was in business in Yambil Street.
Besides his widow, two small sons are left.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Only Australian to be a POW in two World Wars
UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920
Name John William Moule Probert
Regimental Number 4821
Regiment Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Battalion 1st Battalion
Rank Private
Medals - Military Medal
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