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NEWTON, Walter
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX20449 |
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Enlisted: | 31 May 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 12 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Narre Warren North, Casey, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness, Burma, 28 May 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A9 C 9 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Narre Warren Honour Roll, Narre Warren North NEWTON Memorial Plaque |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX20449 | |
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31 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX20449, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Caulfield, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Edwin and Amelia Mary Newton; husband of Doris Margaret Newton, of Gembrook North, Victoria, Australia.
YOU DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN