NEWLING, Rexford Frank
| Service Number: | WX8432 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hod Carrier (Bricklayer's Labourer) |
| Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 29 September 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 3. Row D. Collective Graves 71-73. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8432 | |
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| 18 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8432, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8432, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rexford Frank NEWLING was born in Perth, Western Australia on 28th April, 1913
His parents were William John NEWLING & Lillian Mary WALKER
He married Doris JONES in Northam, Western Australia in 1941
He died of Malaria in Thailand whilst a prisoner of war on 29th September, 1943 and is buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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His Father William John NEWLING served during WW1 (5536), discharged in 1918 and also served during WW2 (W27457) and was discharged in 1942
Two of his brothers were also prisoners of war and both lost their lives during WW2
1. Oswald Kitchener NEWLING (WX17458) died of Illness on 22nd October, 1943
2. Rolf Walker NEWLING (8865) died on a death march on 13th June 1945
Another brother John Gordon (Jack) NEWLING died after a motor cycle accident on 22nd June 1946 in Western Australia
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