MUSSING, Edward
| Service Number: | QX9776 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1908 |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness (Colitis) Whilst Prisoner of War, Thailand, 7 July 1943, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A7 C 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX9776 | |
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| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX9776, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Qld. | |
| 7 Jul 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Peter and Ida Mussing, of Murwillimbah, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
Private Edward Mussing, of Murwillumbah, has died whilst a prisoner of war in Japanese hands in Thailand. This information has been received by his mother, Mrs I. Mussing, of Byangum Road, Murwillumbah.
The Army letter stated that the authorities obtained the information from Australians who escaped from the Japanese prison ship sunk last year, but that it was otherwise uncorroborated. Pte. Edward Mussing went to school in Murwillumbah; enlisted in 1940, and was taken prisoner in Malaya. Pte Mussing died of colitis. He was a member of the 8th Division.
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