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NOAR, Alfred Mandeville
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX31176 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1918 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Joinery (Wood) |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 19 December 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 23. Row C. Grave 11. Inscription: “DUTY NOBLY DONE… EVER REMEMBERED” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nagambie Memorial Clock Tower, Nagambie St John's Anglican Church WW2 Honour Roll, Nagambie War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX31176 | |
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| 13 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX31176 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 19 Dec 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. |
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