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POWELL, Allen Ethelbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX8840 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 26 October 1909 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Prospector and Road Grader Operator |
| Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 6 September 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row L. Grave 66. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Goomalling Drinking Fountain Memorial, Goomalling War Memorial Swimming Pool |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX8840 | |
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| 23 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8840 | |
| 6 Sep 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8840, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Died of illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Albert Charles Powell and Margaret Wilkins married 23rd February 1903 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.
Wife: - Lorraine Hattie Small married 1936 in Perth, Western Australia.
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