Edward Francis (Ted) PERRY-CIRCUITT

PERRY-CIRCUITT, Edward Francis

Service Number: NX53349
Enlisted: 13 August 1940
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1905
Home Town: Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling: Kings School, NSW - Boarder
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 17 April 1945, aged 40 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX53349
13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX53349, 2nd/15th Field Regiment
17 Apr 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, NX53349, 2nd/15th Field Regiment

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Edward Francis PERRY-CIRCUITT was born in Queanbeyan, NSW on 9th March, 1905

His parents were George Cameron PERRY-CIRCUITT & Ethel Geraldine CRACE who married in Queanbeyan in 1900

He died of Illness in Borneo on 17th April, 1945 as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese - no known grave

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His brother Richard Patrick PERRY-CIRCUITT (SN N169974) also served during WW2 & was discharged in 1944 (29th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps)