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RANKIN, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX47157 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St. Paul's Cathedral School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 10 December 1943, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 B 66 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Boys Honour Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX47157 | |
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| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted VX47157, Caulfield, Vic. | |
| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX47157, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adrian Jones
DIED WHILE POW
Pte Charles Rankin, only son of Mr and Mrs. A. Rankin, of Norford
gr, Kooyong, has died in a POW camp in Malaya. Pte Rankin left Australia as a member of the 2/29th Btn, and was captured in February, 1942.
No word had been received by his parents since December, 1943,
until recently, when a fellow member of his unit conveyed news of his
death. Educatad at St Paul's Cathedral School, Pte Rankin subsequently became a member of the staff of the Myer Emporium. He was keenly interested in music, and was well known in orchestral circles.
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