PERRY-CIRCUITT, Edward Francis
Service Number: | NX53349 |
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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, Moss Vale War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX53349 | |
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13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53349, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
17 Apr 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX53349, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography 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)