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RAINBIRD, Vernett Winston
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX10756 |
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Enlisted: | 15 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Mount Barker, Western Australia,, 28 February 1916 |
Home Town: | Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | farm hand |
Died: | Cholera whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 19 July 1943, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. Q. 2-78 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mount Barker & District Honour Roll WW2, Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX10756 | |
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15 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10756 | |
25 Aug 1942: | Imprisoned |
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