RODDA, Arthur William
| Service Number: | WX7509 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Midland, Western Australia, 28 April 1906 |
| Home Town: | Midland, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Cerebral Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 20 February 1945, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row G. Grave 52. Personal Inscription: - "HE GAVE HIS ALL THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Baskerville Upper Swan "Lest We Forget" Honour Roll, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW2 Fallen |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7509 | |
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| 6 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7509, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7509 | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, died of illness |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Henry Rodda and Jane Robertson married 1898 in Helena Vale,Western Australia, Australia. Arthur was born two years later at Helena Valley. Henry Rodda unexpectedly died in 1910 at Midland,Western Australia he was 40 years old. Henry was a storekeeper at Midland Railway Workshop. Arthur was 10 years old when his father died. Jane Rodda (nee Robertson) remarried in 1913 to George Fleming.
Wife: - Eileen Bridget Humphreys married 10th April 1924 in Perth's Registry Office, Western Australia.They had two children, William Henry born in 1925 and Shirley Margaret born in 1926. Bill and Eileen divorced in Apr 1935, Perth, Western Australia. Bill Rodda remarried to Maisie ‘Eileen’ Newman in 1936. They had one daughter Wendy.
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