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REED, Arthur Stewart
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX3694 |
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Enlisted: | 2 July 1940, Enlisted at Launceston, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, 10 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Roland, Kentish, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness, Thailand, 11 September 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 1, Row M, Grave 22 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sheffield War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX3694 | |
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2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, TX3694, Enlisted at Launceston, Tasmania | |
2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3694, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Florence Ivy Reed of Roland, Tasmania
Also served in the Militia - service number 231785. Joined the MIlitia on 18 November 1928
Died while a Prisoner of War with the Japanese
Headstone inscription reads: His duty nobly done. Ever remembered
Roll of Honour - Sheffield, Tasmania