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NEWTON, Thomas Eric
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX33388 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC) |
Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 7 May 1913 |
Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Paint salesman |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the RABAUL MEMORIAL in Papua New Guinea. Panel 30. , Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX33388, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX33388 | |
23 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, NX33388, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Battle of Rabaul | |
25 Jan 1942: | Imprisoned Battle of Rabaul | |
1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, NX33388, 8th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Prisoners of War |
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