William David (Dave) OAG

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Service Number:	NX31462
Enlisted:	11 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Ives, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1912
Home Town:	Yanco, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling:	Yanco Public & Yanco Agricultural High, New South Wales
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Illness whilst a prisoner of war, Malaya Camp, Thailand, 14 September 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 D 47
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Leeton Mountford Park WW2 Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX31462
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX31462, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion

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William David OAG was born in St Ives in NSW on 21st June 1912

His parents were John Sutherland OAG & Emily RAMSAY who married in Sydney in 1892

He married Alma Maude LUCKIE in October, 1935 at St Pauls Presbyterian Church in Wangaratta, Victoria

He died in Thailand of Illness as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 14th September, 1943

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His brother Alan Ramsay OAG (SN NX35584) of the 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion was Killed in Action in Malaya on 16th January, 1942