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REEVE, Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX27292, VX27292 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Frostenden, East Suffolk, England, 1 May 1921 |
Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer - Colac Flax Mill. |
Died: | Execution, Tavoy, Burma (Myanmar), 6 June 1942, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12. B. 19. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Colac Flax Mill Honour Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, VX27292 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27292 | |
19 Jun 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Machine Gun Training Depots | |
20 Sep 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment | |
5 Dec 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment | |
19 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX27292 , 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Embarked from Sydney on HT OX1 for Singapore. | |
8 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX27292, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
3 Jun 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX27292, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Escaped from POW camp. | |
6 Jun 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX27292, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Recaptured and Executed. |
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