Geoffrey Alfred RAPHAEL

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RAPHAEL, Geoffrey Alfred

Service Number:	WX3447
Enlisted:	21 November 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	West Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 29 July 1916
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Hale School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Execution, Malaya, 19 February 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore Col 135
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Singapore Memorial, WA Jewish War Memorial, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX3447
21 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX3447

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Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

Lieutenant Geoffrey Rafael arrived in Singapore from Australia on 14 February 1942 as a reinforcement officer for the Australian 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. He wore wire rimmed spectacles which added to his scholarly appearance.

On the following day, General Percival surrendered the whole of the Singapore garrison, over 85,000 men.

On 16 February, Lieutenant Rafael and his men were detailed by their captors to load a line of trucks. When they had finished, they were taken behind the vehicles and murdered.

Source: "Ball & Chain to Cyber-Space" by Bill Edgar, page 249.

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