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RENNIE, Robert George Staunton
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7493 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Kemptee, Nagpur City, India, 11 November 1905 |
Home Town: | South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 4 October 1943, aged 37 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row E. Grave 58. Personal Inscription: - "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE...EVER REMEMBERED". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7493 | |
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6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7493, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
7 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died in captivity. | |
4 Oct 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7493, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Died whilst a prisoner of Japanese Imperial Forces. Cause of death not stated. |
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