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MUMFORD, Walter
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX19739 |
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Enlisted: | 30 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Heskey, Victoria, 21 August 1920 |
Home Town: | Woodend, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 16 October 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
30 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX19739, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX19739, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
16 Oct 1943: | Involvement Private, VX19739, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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